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247 Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SN

97378/16Prior Approval Shops/fin/Su to RestauranApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 October 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 TEAROOM (CLASS A3).

Received
1 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 247 Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SN. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Egerton conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
BL7 9SN
Application type
Prior Approval Shops/fin/Su to Restauran
Scale / size
Small
District
117145

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2016
Consultation expiry
7 October 2016
Consultation start
9 September 2016
Consultation end
7 October 2016
Neighbour consultation start
9 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2016
Last date for comments
30 September 2016
Target decision date
26 October 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 September 2016
Site notice end
30 September 2016

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Egerton
  • 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

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© 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.

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