Essa Primary School, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, BL3 3HH
Approved on 14 November 2014
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING SECONDARY SCHOOL TOGETHER WITH AN EXTENTION TO CREATE A PRIMARY SCHOOL.
- Received
- 1 September 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harper Green
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at ESSA PRIMARY SCHOOL, LEVER EDGE LANE, BOLTON, BL3 3HH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
- BL3 3HH
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 14 October 2014
- Consultation end
- 14 October 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 September 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 October 2014
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2014
- Application expires
- 17 November 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Building 1, Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester, M 5 3EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 October 2014
- Site notice end
- 14 October 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 40
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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