81 Church Street Bolton BL5 3RZ
Refused on 19 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
RECONFIGURATION OF 5 BEDROOM HMO FOR 5 OCCUPANTS TO FORM 6 BEDROOM HMO FOR 6 OCCUPANTS
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Westhoughton South
- Agent
- Portfolio Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 81 Church Street Bolton BL5 3RZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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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Why it was refused
- It is considered that the cumulative impact of the limited internal communal space and cramped dining area, the position of Bedroom 3 directly adjacent to the dining area, the poor outlook and loss of privacy for the occupants of Bedroom 2 and 3 and the limited external amenity space would result in a development that would not provide residents with a high standard of internal and external amenity contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL5 3RZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Portfolio Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 16 (First Floor) Victoria Road Tamworth B79 7HL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14462699
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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