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3-5 Exchange Street, Bolton, BL1 1RS

91631/14Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

UPGRADE TO SHOP FRONT

Received
7 March 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Awake Architects Ltd.
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3-5 EXCHANGE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1RS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Mawdsley Street conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 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 1RS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2014
Consultation expiry
1 April 2014
Consultation end
1 April 2014
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2014
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2014
Last date for comments
4 May 2014
Application expires
4 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Awake Architects Ltd.
Architect profile
AWAKE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Awake Architects Ltd, 44 Garston Old Road, Grassendale, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 9AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 April 2014
Site notice end
1 April 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03239910
Documents
12
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.

  • Conservation area: Mawdsley Street/Nelson Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mawdsley HallOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Bridgeman Buildings, Exchange Street, Bolton, BL1 1RSRegister 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 (19)

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 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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