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Former M F I Furnishings Ltd, Manchester Road, Bolton, BL2 1HB

84903/10Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2010

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF UNIT FROM RETAIL (A1 USE) TO GYM (D2 USE).

Received
3 September 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at FORMER M F I FURNISHINGS LTD, MANCHESTER ROAD, BOLTON, BL2 1HB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 1HB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2010
Consultation expiry
28 September 2010
Consultation end
28 September 2010
Neighbour consultation start
6 September 2010
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2010
Last date for comments
29 October 2010
Application expires
29 October 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 September 2010
Site notice end
28 September 2010

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
3

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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