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25 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP

20807/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES TO 2NO. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTS TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION AND BOUNDARY TREATMENTS

Received
1 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 217 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 25 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 24 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Silverwell Street and Wood Street conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 1PP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
2 October 2025
Consultation start
8 August 2025
Consultation end
29 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2025
Last date for comments
2 October 2025
Target decision date
14 March 2026
Permission expires
13 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Agent address
55a Bury Old Road Prestwich M25 0FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
218 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 September 2025
Site notice end
2 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14214717
Documents
23
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES TO 5 NO. BEDROOM HMO TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside20804/25
  2. 2025
    1 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES TO 2NO. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTS TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION AND…

    This applicationApprovedFull20807/25

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