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16 Silverwell Street, Bolton, BL1 1PP

92870/14Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE AND EXTENSION OF VACANT OFFICES TO FORM 6 NO. ONE BED APARTMENTS

Received
3 October 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
FuZED Architecture + Design Ltd
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 SILVERWELL STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1PP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Silverwell Street and Wood Street conservation area, with 11 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 1PP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2014
Consultation expiry
3 December 2014
Consultation end
3 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2014
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2014
Last date for comments
27 November 2014
Committee meeting
18 December 2014
Decision issued
22 December 2014
Application expires
27 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
FuZED Architecture + Design Ltd
Agent address
74A Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, Lancashire, M26 4DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 October 2014
Advertisement expiry
3 December 2014
Site notice end
3 December 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03705651
Documents
20
Constraints
10

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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