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Little Lever School Church Street Bolton BL3 1BT

20792/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF 1 NO. BUILDING INCORPORATING 9 NO. CLASSROOMS TOGETHER WITH NEW VISITOR AND BUS ACCESS.

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little Lever And Darcy Lever
Agent
ABW Architects
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 174 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Little Lever School Church Street Bolton BL3 1BT. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Little Lever And Darcy Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

81% of full applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BL3 1BT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Consultation expiry
19 September 2025
Consultation start
11 August 2025
Consultation end
1 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2025
Last date for comments
19 September 2025
Target decision date
23 January 2026
Committee meeting
6 November 2025
Permission expires
28 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
ABW Architects
Agent address
3.3 Tempest 12 Tithebarn Street Liverpool L2 2DT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
169 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
10 September 2025
Site notice end
19 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14132035
Documents
50
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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