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Units 1A & 1B, Cambrian Business Park, Derby Street, Bolton, BL3 6JF

87968/12Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2012

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM INDUSTRIAL (CLASS B1/B2/B8) TO RETAIL (CLASS A1)

Received
26 April 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Frank Whittaker Town Planning
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at UNITS 1A & 1B, CAMBRIAN BUSINESS PARK, DERBY STREET, BOLTON, BL3 6JF. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 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 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL3 6JF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2012
Consultation expiry
19 June 2012
Consultation end
19 June 2012
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2012
Neighbour consultation end
19 June 2012
Last date for comments
3 July 2012
Application expires
3 July 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Frank Whittaker Town Planning
Agent address
'Beechwood', Shady Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 June 2012
Site notice end
19 June 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01934600
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.

  • Brownfield land register: Derby Street/Rothwell MillRegister 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.

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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