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Ground Floor 304 - 306 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3RP

21399/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INCREASED HEIGHT TO EXISTING 2NO. GARAGES TOGETHER WITH 2NO. NEW GARAGE DOORS

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Ground Floor 304 - 306 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3RP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3RP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
17 November 2025
Consultation end
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2026
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
25 January 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Lonsdale M40 2FT

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14395620
Documents
15
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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