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Metrolands House, 85-93 Bradshawgate And Land At Silverwell Lane, Bolton, BL1 1QD

89938/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 July 2013

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF OFFICES TO STUDENT ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SEVEN STOREY BUILDING COMPRISING STUDENT ACCOMMODATION, COMMUNAL FACILITIES AND CAR PARK.

Received
10 May 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
RADM Architects
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at METROLANDS HOUSE, 85-93 BRADSHAWGATE AND LAND AT SILVERWELL LANE, BOLTON, BL1 1QD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 5 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 1,099 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 1QD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2013
Consultation expiry
25 June 2013
Consultation end
25 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
4 June 2013
Neighbour consultation end
25 June 2013
Last date for comments
28 August 2013
Committee meeting
18 July 2013
Application expires
28 August 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
RADM Architects
Agent address
Studio A10, Champions Business Park, Arrowe Brook Road, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 0AB

Planning decision

Case officer
Martin Mansell
Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2013
Advertisement expiry
25 June 2013
Site notice end
25 June 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02635060
Documents
54
Constraints
5

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

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© 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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    VARIATION OF CONDITION 23 ON PLANNING APPLICATION 89938/13

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    10 May

    CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF OFFICES TO STUDENT ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND…

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