Skip to content

18 Wardle Street Bolton BL2 1ND

21060/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 January 2026

Planning committee1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (CLASS C3) TO HMO (CLASS C4) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF REAR DORMER.

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Invest MultiLet & PPB LTD
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 18 Wardle Street Bolton BL2 1ND. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 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).

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

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of the limited space available to future occupants, would not provide adequate amenity space and would result in an over-intensification in use and consequent impacts on amenity and quality of life, contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone, Policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy and NPPF paragraph 135(f).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL2 1ND
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 December 2025
Target decision date
28 January 2026
Committee meeting
29 January 2026
Permission expires
30 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Invest MultiLet & PPB LTD
Agent address
25-29 Sandy Way, Leeds, LS19 7EW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
133 days

Appeal history

6005230
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 June 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14333452
Documents
11
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Bolton

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BL2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report