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The Forge, 15B Cox Green Road, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9HF

86467/11Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 August 2011

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR GARAGE INTO TWO SELF-CONTAINED FLATS.

Received
29 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at THE FORGE, 15B COX GREEN ROAD, EGERTON, BOLTON, BL7 9HF. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9HF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2011
Consultation expiry
25 July 2011
Consultation end
25 July 2011
Neighbour consultation start
4 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2011
Last date for comments
24 August 2011
Application expires
24 August 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 Osbourne Close, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 July 2011
Site notice end
25 July 2011

Additional information

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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