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Land At Corner Of Clarence Street And Higher Bridge Street Clarence Street Bolton BL1 2DQ

21147/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 November 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee3 conditions

Proposal

INSTALLATION OF 10 NO. SLEEPER PODS AND 1 NO. KITCHEN POD FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ON VACANT CAR PARK SITE.

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Corner Of Clarence Street And Higher Bridge Street Clarence Street Bolton BL1 2DQ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,098 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 2DQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation start
8 October 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 October 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
14 November 2025
Committee meeting
6 November 2025
Permission expires
6 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bolton Council
Agent address
Community Safety Team 3rd Floor Town Hall Le Mans Crescent Bolton BL11RU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14339340
Documents
10
Constraints
12

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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