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Tong Fold Post Office 339 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6BB

96883/16Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 August 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM RETAIL (CLASS A1) TO HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY (CLASS A5) TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF EXTERNAL FLUE AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

Received
27 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
MM Architectural Design
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tong Fold Post Office 339 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6BB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. 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 Permission
Scale / size
Small
District
132898

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2016
Consultation expiry
27 July 2016
Consultation start
29 June 2016
Consultation end
27 July 2016
Neighbour consultation start
29 June 2016
Neighbour consultation end
20 July 2016
Last date for comments
20 July 2016
Target decision date
21 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
MM Architectural Design
Agent address
195 Ribbleton Lane Preston PR1 5DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 July 2016
Site notice end
20 July 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05268790
Documents
10
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.

Source: Bolton

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