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187A Morris Green Lane, Bolton, BL3 3JU

83492/10Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 March 2010

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CONTINUED USE OF PREMISES AS A POST OFFICE WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH CONDITION 6 (OPENING HOURS) EXTEND OPENING HOURS TO MONDAY - FRIDAY 07.00 - 22.30 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 08.00 TO 22.30

Received
29 December 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Harper Green
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 187A MORRIS GREEN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 3JU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,690 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 3JU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2010
Consultation expiry
12 February 2010
Consultation end
12 February 2010
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2010
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2010
Last date for comments
16 March 2010
Committee meeting
18 March 2010
Decision issued
19 March 2010
Application expires
16 March 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 February 2010
Site notice end
12 February 2010

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
1

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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