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Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 1RU

91104/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 January 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REFURBISHMENT OF WEST ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE NEW PUBLIC ENTRANCE

Received
28 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at TOWN HALL, VICTORIA SQUARE, BOLTON, BL1 1RU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. 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 1RU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2013
Consultation expiry
7 January 2014
Consultation end
7 January 2014
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2014
Last date for comments
5 February 2014
Application expires
5 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
JMArchitects
Agent address
9A St James 79 Oxford Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 6FQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2013
Advertisement expiry
7 January 2014
Site notice end
7 January 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02994132
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2013
    28 Nov

    REFURBISHMENT OF WEST ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE NEW PUBLIC ENTRANCE

    This applicationApprovedFull91104/13
  2. 2013
    28 Nov

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR REFURBISHMENT OF WEST ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE NEW PUBLIC ENTRANCE INCLUDING LOWERING…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside91105/13

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Jan

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR…

    ApprovedListed building consent00054/26
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING WITH WINDOW AND ROOF…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission00053/26
  3. 2025
    9 May

    INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO BOLTON TOWN HALL AND LE MANS CRESCENT

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission20303/25
  4. 2025
    2 Apr

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO BOLTON TOWN HALL AND LE MANS CRESCENT

    ApprovedListed building consent20128/25
  5. 2013
    24 Apr

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO CREATE OPEN PLAN OFFICE SPACE, INSTALLATION OF NEW…

    ApprovedListed building consent89853/13

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