140 Withins Lane Bolton BL2 5DZ

97498/16Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 January 2017

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF GARDEN SHED TO DOG GROOMING BUSINESS (sui generis).

Received: 22 September 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Breightmet

ReceivedReceived22 Sep
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation31 Oct
TargetTarget Date1 Dec
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 140 Withins Lane Bolton BL2 5DZ. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5DZ
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size: Small
District: 97362

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2016
Consultation expiry: 31 October 2016
Consultation end: 31 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 31 October 2016
Last date for comments: 31 October 2016
Target decision date: 1 December 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 31 October 2016
Site notice end: 31 October 2016

Additional information

Documents: 5
Constraints: 6

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.

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© 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.

Source: Bolton

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