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Former Middle Hulton Police Station, 329 St Helens Road, Bolton, Bolton, BL3 3QD

79313/08Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2008

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER POLICE STATION TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION/LEARNING AND RESOURCE CENTRE TOGETHER WITH TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND LAYING OUT OF CAR PARKING SPACE

Received
29 January 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hulton
Agent
Urban Solutions NW Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at FORMER MIDDLE HULTON POLICE STATION, 329 ST HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BOLTON, BL3 3QD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL3 3QD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2008
Consultation expiry
7 March 2008
Consultation end
7 March 2008
Neighbour consultation start
12 March 2008
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2008
Last date for comments
25 March 2008
Committee meeting
20 March 2008
Decision issued
25 March 2008
Application expires
25 March 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urban Solutions NW Ltd
Agent address
Upper House, Dodd Lane, Chorley Road, Fourgates, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 March 2008
Site notice end
7 March 2008

Additional information

Documents
5

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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