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Shakespeare Foundry Ltd, Breightmet Street, Bolton, BL2 1BR

90779/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 November 2013

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

INSTALLATION OF MEZZANINE FLOOR TO PROVIDE OFFICE SPACE, TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW GLASS FACADE TO REPLACE ROLLER SHUTTERS AND NEW WINDOW.

Received
3 October 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Walker Design
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at SHAKESPEARE FOUNDRY LTD, BREIGHTMET STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1BR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker 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 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 1BR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2013
Consultation expiry
7 November 2013
Consultation end
7 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
7 November 2013
Last date for comments
3 December 2013
Application expires
3 December 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walker Design
Agent address
Hamill House, 112-116 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 4DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 November 2013
Site notice end
7 November 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02929120
Documents
11
Constraints
6

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.

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