Moorlands Waggon Road Bolton BL2 5AX
Approved on 16 March 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM A RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS C3) TO A CHILDRENS CARE HOME (CLASS C2)
- Received
- 9 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Breightmet
- ReceivedReceived9 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation20 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 138 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Moorlands Waggon Road Bolton BL2 5AX. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- BL2 5AX
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 10 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 12 Jessie Street Bolton BL3 5PE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 133 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 10 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- Local nature reserve: Seven AcresNext to the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.
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