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258-260 St Helens Road, Bolton, BL3 3PZ

87636/12Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 April 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM SHOP (A1 USE) TO SANDWICH SHOP AND CAFE (A3 USE). INSTALLATION OF FLUE TO SIDE ELEVATION OF REAR EXTENSION.

Received
27 February 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
Agent
RA Design & Project Management
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 258-260 ST HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,691 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 3PZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2012
Consultation expiry
23 March 2012
Consultation end
23 March 2012
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2012
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2012
Last date for comments
22 April 2012
Application expires
22 April 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
RA Design & Project Management
Architect profile
RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Agent address
53 Bertrand Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 4RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 March 2012
Site notice end
23 March 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01837299
Documents
2
Constraints
4

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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