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Currys Digital, 17 Oxford Street, Bolton, BL1 1RD

92306/14Certificate of Proposed Lawful UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 August 2014

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS (SECTION 192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL (CLASS A1) TO USE AS A DEPOSIT-TAKER FALLING WITHIN CLASS A2 (FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES)

Received
27 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
Agent
Scott Hobbs Planning Limited
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at CURRYS DIGITAL, 17 OXFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1RD. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

79% of outline 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 1RD
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2014
Consultation expiry
29 July 2014
Consultation end
29 July 2014
Neighbour consultation end
29 July 2014
Last date for comments
21 August 2014
Application expires
21 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Scott Hobbs Planning Limited
Agent address
24A Stafford Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 July 2014
Site notice end
29 July 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03471498
Documents
8
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: Town Hall
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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