Ground Floor 173 Belmont Road Bolton BL1 7AW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior approval application for a change of use from shop to dwelling/shop on Ground Floor. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Bolton
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Postcode
- BL1 7AW
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Astley Bridge
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Reguired Granted Subj Con
- Decision date
- 3 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- RT Design
How this decision compares
Decided in 29 days from validation, 27 days faster than Bolton's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 59% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14902884
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14902884
- Neighbours
- 8 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 8 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 29 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Bolton is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #229 out of 296. Bolton is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.
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