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Newspaper House, Churchgate, Bolton, BL1 1HL

91114/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF WALL MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER AND RAILING

Received
29 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
WHITESPACE CONSULTANTS LTD
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at NEWSPAPER HOUSE, CHURCHGATE, BOLTON, BL1 1HL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchgate conservation area, with 9 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 1HL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2013
Consultation expiry
1 January 2014
Consultation end
1 January 2014
Neighbour consultation end
1 January 2014
Last date for comments
8 January 2014
Application expires
8 January 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHITESPACE CONSULTANTS LTD
Agent address
NORTEX BUSINESS CENTRE, 105 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 3AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 January 2014
Site notice end
1 January 2014

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Churchgate
  • Brownfield land register: 30 Churchgate, Bolton, BL1 1HLRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    28 Jul

    NOTICE OF INTENTION FOR THE PRUNING OF TWO TREES

    RefusedNotice of Intention (Trees)86632/11

Source: Bolton

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