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Dunscar Arms, 547 Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9ED

94926/15Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2016

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE AND TWO STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR OF PUBLIC HOUSE TO FORM 4 NO. SELF CONTAINED FLATS INCLUDING WROUGHT IRON WALKWAY AND BALUSTRADING AT SIDE

Received
7 September 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bromley Cross
Agent
Building Design Services
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at DUNSCAR ARMS, 547 DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9ED. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 18 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Dunscar Fold conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9ED
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2015
Consultation expiry
30 October 2015
Consultation end
30 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2015
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2015
Last date for comments
29 November 2015
Target decision date
15 March 2016
Committee meeting
10 March 2016
Decision issued
11 March 2016
Application expires
29 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Building Design Services
Agent address
10 Harpford Close, Breightmet, Bolton, Lancs, BL2 6TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
162 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 October 2015
Advertisement expiry
30 October 2015
Site notice end
30 October 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04472689
Documents
17
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Dunscar Fold
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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