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The Howcroft Inn, 36 Pool Street, Bolton, BL1 2JU

88298/12Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2012

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CONVERSION OF FORMER PUBLIC HOUSE INTO 3 THREE-BEDROOMSELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS.

Received
29 June 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Halliwell
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at THE HOWCROFT INN, 36 POOL STREET, BOLTON, BL1 2JU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 2JU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2012
Consultation expiry
10 August 2012
Consultation end
10 August 2012
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2012
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2012
Last date for comments
4 September 2012
Committee meeting
13 September 2012
Decision issued
14 September 2012
Application expires
4 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Good & Tillotson
Architect profile
GOOD & TILLOTSON LTD
Agent address
2 The Studios, 318 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 4JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 August 2012
Site notice end
10 August 2012

Additional information

Documents
3
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 2: Medium 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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