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The Medical Centre, 16-26 Swan Lane, Bolton, BL3 6TL

87151/11Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2012

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE

Received
21 November 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rumworth
Agent
Partington & Associates Ltd
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 16-26 SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Rumworth. 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 6TL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2011
Consultation expiry
16 December 2011
Consultation end
16 December 2011
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2011
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2011
Last date for comments
15 January 2012
Committee meeting
2 February 2012
Decision issued
3 February 2012
Application expires
15 January 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Partington & Associates Ltd
Architect profile
PARTINGTON AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
13 Gillibrand Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 December 2011
Site notice end
16 December 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01713266
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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