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329 Bury Road, Bolton, BL2 6BB

93421/15Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 March 2015

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT RETAIL SHOP (CLASS A1) TO CAFE (CLASS A3)

Received
8 January 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Tonge with the Haulgh
Agent
Paul Smith Design Services
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 329 BURY ROAD, BOLTON, BL2 6BB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 6BB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2015
Consultation expiry
9 February 2015
Consultation end
9 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2015
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2015
Last date for comments
12 March 2015
Committee meeting
12 March 2015
Decision issued
13 March 2015
Application expires
12 March 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Smith Design Services
Agent address
1 Chapel Street, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9TW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 February 2015
Site notice end
9 February 2015

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
7

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.

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