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500 Bury Road, Bolton, BL2 6DS

92668/14Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 January 2015

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF BUILDING FROM 6 NO. FLATS, TO USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR AS COMMUNITY CAFE WITH KITCHEN MEETING AND OFFICE SPACE, AND CONTINUED USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS AS 4 FLATS, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS TO FORM REAR PITCHED ROOF OVER STORAGE AREA AND RAMP TO FRONT AND CREATION OF 3 NO. ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

Received
1 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 500 BURY ROAD, BOLTON, BL2 6DS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6DS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2014
Consultation expiry
1 December 2014
Consultation end
1 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
30 October 2014
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2014
Last date for comments
23 December 2014
Application expires
23 December 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
38 Haymarket Street, Manchester, M13 9JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 December 2014
Site notice end
1 December 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03393394
Documents
26
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    6 Mar

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (EMISSIONS CONTROL) AND 3 (LIGHTING SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 92668/14

    RefusedDischarge of conditions03080/18
  2. 2014
    1 Sep

    CHANGE OF USE OF BUILDING FROM 6 NO. FLATS, TO USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR AS COMMUNITY CAFE WITH KITCHEN MEETING…

    This applicationApprovedFull92668/14

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