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5 Higher Swan Lane, Bolton, BL3 3AJ

82944/09Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 October 2009

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF SHOP (A1) TO HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY (A5) TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND INSTALLATION OF FLUE TO SIDE.

Received
21 September 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 HIGHER SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 3AJ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Great Lever. 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 3AJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2009
Consultation expiry
17 October 2009
Consultation end
17 October 2009
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2009
Neighbour consultation end
17 October 2009
Last date for comments
16 November 2009
Application expires
16 November 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 October 2009
Site notice end
17 October 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00835946
Documents
2
Constraints
2

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.

Source: Bolton

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