3 Mayfield Avenue Bolton BL3 2PE

20760/25Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingRefused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 11 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF EXISTING LAWFUL USE (S191) FOR THE USE OF DWELLING AS A 4NO. BEDROOM HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (HMO) FOR 4NO. PERSONS (USE CLASS C4)

Received: 25 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Great Lever

ReceivedReceived25 Jul
ValidatedValidated25 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Nov
DecidedDecided11 Nov

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Mayfield Avenue Bolton BL3 2PE. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

75% of amendment applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: BL3 2PE
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 July 2025
Target decision date: 8 November 2025
Permission expires: 11 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: HAD & Co
Agent address: Unit 3 Salisbury House St Stephen Street Salford M3 6AX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 106 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14205323
Documents: 7
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Bolton

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