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67 Stanley Road Bolton BL1 5LA

21299/25Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO RESIDENTIAL CHILDRENS FACILITY/HOME (C2) FOR UP TO 2 CHILDREN/YOUNG PERSONS

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Smithills
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 67 Stanley Road Bolton BL1 5LA. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

79% of outline 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. The use of the residential property as a children's home would not fall within Use Class C3 of The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and it is considered that the proposed Class C2 use would result in a material change of use to the property. The proposed development would not therefore be lawful and accordingly, the certificate is hereby refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 5LA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2025
Target decision date
11 December 2025
Permission expires
16 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Appeals Guy
Architect profile
THE APPEALS GUY LIMITED
Agent address
Bartle House 9 Oxford Court Manchester M22WQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14441613
Documents
6
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.

  • 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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