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172 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2HN

21118/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 31 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 6 NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) FOR 6 OCCUPANTS TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Archtonics Architecture
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 172 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2HN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. LACK OF USABLE AMENITY SPACE The proposal would provide a lack of shared communal space and will result in insufficient private, useable amenity space for the dwelling that would fail to provide a high standard of indoor or outdoor amenity for future users contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone, CG4 of Boltons Core Strategy and the NPPF.
  2. POOR OUTLOOK OF BED 6 The proposal would result in poor outlook for the occupant of bedroom 6 that would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing and would not provide a high standard of amenity contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone, CG4 of Boltons Core Strategy and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL2 2HN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
23 October 2025
Consultation start
2 October 2025
Consultation end
23 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
23 October 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025
Permission expires
31 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Archtonics Architecture
Agent address
184 Shepherds Bush Road London W6 7NL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14369224
Documents
12
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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