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616 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6JA

96257/16Prior Approval Shops/fin/Su to RestauranApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 June 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM SHOP (CLASS A1) TO RESTAURANT (CLASS A3).

Received
5 April 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 616 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6JA. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 6JA
Application type
Prior Approval Shops/fin/Su to Restauran
Scale / size
Small
District
126225

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 April 2016
Consultation expiry
16 May 2016
Consultation start
18 April 2016
Consultation end
16 May 2016
Neighbour consultation start
18 April 2016
Neighbour consultation end
9 May 2016
Last date for comments
9 May 2016
Target decision date
12 June 2016
Decision issued
16 June 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 May 2016
Site notice end
9 May 2016

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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