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36 Corporation Street Bolton BL1 2AN

21190/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SUBDIVISION CHANGE OF USE FROM SHOP (CLASS E) TO 1 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT TO FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. (CLASS C3), MINOR ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION/DOOR ON THE REAR ELEVATION

Received
9 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 Corporation Street Bolton BL1 2AN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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 2AN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Consultation start
27 October 2025
Consultation end
17 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2025
Last date for comments
19 November 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
19 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Jessie Street Bolton BL3 5PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 November 2025
Site notice end
18 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate
  • 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, 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

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© 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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