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Victoria Square, Newport Street, Oxford Street, Bolton, BL1 1RU

92735/14Local Authority Applications\DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 12 November 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

TEMPORARY CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF PEDESTRIANISED AREA TO ACCOMMODATE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INCLUDING A BIG WHEEL, ICE RINK AND SNOW SLIDE DURING THE CHRISTMAS WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT TOGETHER WITH SITING OF 1.1M BARRIERS AND 1.8M SECURITY FENCING AROUND SITE

Received
9 September 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Halliwell
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at VICTORIA SQUARE, NEWPORT STREET, OXFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1RU. Bolton has handled 13 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer 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.

84% of all 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 1RU
Application type
Local Authority Applications\Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2014
Consultation expiry
7 October 2014
Consultation end
7 October 2014
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2014
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2014
Last date for comments
10 November 2014
Application expires
10 November 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
7 October 2014
Site notice end
7 October 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03563251
Documents
14
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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

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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.

© 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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