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9 Newport Street, Bolton, BL1 1NE

91038/13Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 January 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL (CLASS A1) TO FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (CLASS A2).

Received
15 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Tim Spencer Associates Limited
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 NEWPORT STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1NE. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1NE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2013
Consultation expiry
11 December 2013
Consultation end
11 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2013
Last date for comments
9 January 2014
Application expires
9 January 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Spencer Associates Limited
Agent address
12 Manley Close, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 7HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 December 2013
Site notice end
11 December 2013

Additional information

Documents
8
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 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.

Source: Bolton

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