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Crompton Place Shopping Centre, Mealhouse Lane, Bolton, BL1 1DF

91383/14Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 June 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF PART FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS AND ERECTION OF MULTI-SCREEN CINEMA, PART CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND GROUND FLOORS TO RESTAURANT TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

Received
27 January 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Simply Planning Limited
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at CROMPTON PLACE SHOPPING CENTRE, MEALHOUSE LANE, BOLTON, BL1 1DF. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 5 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 1DF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2014
Consultation expiry
5 March 2014
Consultation end
5 March 2014
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2014
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2014
Last date for comments
12 May 2014
Committee meeting
5 June 2014
Decision issued
6 June 2014
Application expires
12 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simply Planning Limited
Agent address
25 Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2014
Advertisement expiry
5 March 2014
Site notice end
5 March 2014

Additional information

Documents
36
Constraints
12

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: Deansgate
  • Brownfield land register: 18 Mealhouse Lane, Bolton, BL1 1DDRegister 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.

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