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Layton House Gas Street Bolton BL1 4TQ

21178/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICTION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE (CLASS E) TO A LEARNING/NON-RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION (CLASS F1)

Received
9 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Layton House Gas Street Bolton BL1 4TQ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 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 4TQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
24 December 2025
Consultation start
3 December 2025
Consultation end
24 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025
Target decision date
29 January 2026
Permission expires
3 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14390864
Documents
10
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: BIZ Gas Street, BL1 4TGRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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