Varsani House, Carlton Street, Bolton, BL2 1BT
Approved on 7 February 2011
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF 3 NO FORMER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXHIBITION/FUNCTION AND CONFERENCE COMPLEX WITH ANCILLARY OFFICES
- Received
- 12 November 2010
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Great Lever
- Agent
- Frank Whittaker Town Planning
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Feb
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at VARSANI HOUSE, CARLTON STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1BT. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 826 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 1BT
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2010
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2010
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2010
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 January 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2010
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2011
- Committee meeting
- 3 February 2011
- Application expires
- 12 January 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Frank Whittaker Town Planning
- Agent address
- Beechwood Shady Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 9AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 December 2010
- Site notice end
- 9 December 2010
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01285636
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Trinity Quarter Core Shiffnall Street/Carlton St/Salop StRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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