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741 Bury Road, Bolton, BL2 6PB

91059/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM RESIDENTIAL (CLASS C3) TO RETAIL (CLASS A1) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF SHOP FRONT

Received
19 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
Agent
RA Design & Project Management
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 741 BURY ROAD, BOLTON, BL2 6PB. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. 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 6PB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2013
Consultation expiry
17 December 2013
Consultation end
17 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2013
Last date for comments
14 January 2014
Application expires
14 January 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
RA Design & Project Management
Architect profile
RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Agent address
53 Bertrand Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 4RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 December 2013
Site notice end
17 December 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03020118
Documents
9
Constraints
3

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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