123 Higher Swan Lane Bolton BL3 3AS
Refused on 16 January 2017
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE TO HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY (CLASS A5) INCLUDING ROLLER SHUTTERS TO FRONT AND EXTRACTION FLUE TO REAR
- Received
- 10 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harper Green
- Agent
- Paul Smith Design Services
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation10 Jan
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 123 Higher Swan Lane Bolton BL3 3AS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
- BL3 3AS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- 43775
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 10 January 2017
- Consultation start
- 13 December 2016
- Consultation end
- 10 January 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 July 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 December 2016
- Last date for comments
- 8 December 2016
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Paul Smith Design Services
- Agent address
- 1 Chapel Street, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9TW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 December 2016
- Site notice end
- 8 December 2016
Appeal
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
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
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