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20 Mealhouse Lane, Bolton, BL1 1DD

89532/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2013

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF VACANT SHOP (CLASS A1) TO OFFICES (CLASS A2)

Received
4 March 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 MEALHOUSE LANE, BOLTON, BL1 1DD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,098 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 1DD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2013
Consultation expiry
28 March 2013
Consultation end
28 March 2013
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2013
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2013
Last date for comments
28 April 2013
Application expires
28 April 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 March 2013
Advertisement expiry
28 March 2013
Site notice end
28 March 2013

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate
  • Brownfield land register: 18 Mealhouse Lane, Bolton, BL1 1DDRegister 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    26 Jun

    CONTINUED DISPLAY OF NON-ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGN

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent90203/13

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