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38 Shireburn Avenue Bolton BL2 2SX

21086/25Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Not developmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM C3 TO CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR UP TO 1NO. CHILDREN (C2 CLASS)

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Rob Lucas Consultancy
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 38 Shireburn Avenue Bolton BL2 2SX. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
BL2 2SX
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Target decision date
4 November 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rob Lucas Consultancy
Agent address
183 Newbrook Road Atherton Bolton M46 9HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14348451
Documents
7
Constraints
9

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.

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