Ground Floor 97 - 99 Derby Street Bolton BL3 6HH
Approved on 3 February 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
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Proposal
SUBDIVISION, CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING WORKSHOP WITH ANCILLARY OFFICE TO RETAIL UNIT (CLASS E), TOGETHER WITH FITTING OF A NEW SHOPFRONT
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation16 Jan
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided3 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ground Floor 97 - 99 Derby Street Bolton BL3 6HH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,691 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 6HH
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 3 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- CAMPBELL HOUSE 173 ROCHDALE RD FIRGROVE, MILNROW Rochdale OL16 3BN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14288327
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Sep
CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL TO CONFECTIONARY RETAIL (CLASS E (a))
Not developmentApplication01634/26 - 20231 Dec
ERECTION OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR EXTENSIONS TO FRONT, SIDE AND REAR TOGETHER WITH DORMER AND ASSOCIATED…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission17285/23
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