Montgomery House Bark Street Bolton BL1 2AX Data via plota.co.uk

21450/25 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of a second floor storey to form mixed-use multi faith community facility together with 3 no. retail units to ground floor. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Nov 2025
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Validated
1 Dec 2025
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Consultation
3 Dec 2025
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 26

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 8

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Application Submission Details · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BNG EXEMPTION AND BATS ASSESSMENT Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CRIME IMPACT ASSESSMENT Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY - CARBON & ENERGY STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 14

PDF BIN ROUTE 1 OF 2 Drawing · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BIN ROUTE 2 OF 2 Drawing · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GROUND FLOOR PLAN Amended Drawing · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MATERIALS Amended Drawing · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ROOF PLAN Amended Drawing · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 1F SECTION Amended Drawing · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GF SECTION Amended Drawing · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 2F SECTION Amended Drawing · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SIDE ELEVS & ROOF Amended Drawing · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN Application Submission Details · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PARKING AND SERVICING PLAN Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ON STREET PARKING SITE PHOTOS Application Submission Details · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Conservation area about 14 m away: Deansgate
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Victoria Hall and Victoria Buildings, Grade II, about 46 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Heritage at risk about 44 m away: Bolton Methodist Mission, Knowsley Street, Bolton; Flood defence about 26 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area; Air quality management area about 7 m away: Bolton AQMA.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £292,000 in March 2024. Other property, leasehold.

21 March 2024£292,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
14 July 2014£110,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Bolton
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BL1 2AX
Received
26 Nov 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Case officer
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Target decision
22 May 2026
Decision
Approve subject to conditions
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Urban Future Planning Consultancy Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 172 days from validation, 106 days slower than Bolton's median of 66 for full applications. Approved, as 69% of full applications here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

37 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14484561
Planning Portal ref
PP-14484561
Neighbours
3 Dec 2025
Consultation
3 Dec 2025
Comments by
6 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
4 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Top Of Knowsley Street Between Back Bark Street And St Georges Road. Bolton BL1 2AS.
SITING OF 1 NO. ILLUMINATED DIGITAL INTEGRAL TOTEM.
19770/25
2023 Approved
120 Bark Street Bolton BL1 2AX
REPLACE EXISTING MANUAL DOUBLE ENTRANCE DOORS TO SOUTHERN ELEVATION WITH POWER ASSISTED D…
15400/23
2022 Approved
Pavement Adjacent To 23-27 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2DG
INSTALLATION OF 1 No. NEW BT STREET HUB TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED BT PHONE KIOSK REMOVAL
14299/22
2022 Approved
Pavement Adjacent To 23-27 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2DG
SITING OF 2 No. DIGITAL LCD DISPLAY SCREENS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET HUB UNIT.
14300/22
2022 Approved
Pavement Opposite 47-53 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2BJ
SITING OF 2 No. DIGITAL LCD DISPLAY SCREENS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET HUB.
14308/22
2022 Approved
Pavement Opposite 47 - 53 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2BJ
INSTALLATION OF 1 No. BT STREET HUB TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED BT PHONE KIOSK REMOVAL
14307/22
2022 Approved
Ground Floor 73-75 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2BJ
CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR TO GYM FACILITY
13047/22
2022 Approved
Kiosk Unit P The Market Place Bolton BL1 2AR
REPLACE EXISTING SIGNAGE WITH INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED ACRYLIC LETTERS
13281/22
2021 Refused
Victoria Hall 37 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL ONE WILLOW TREE.
11178/21
2021 Approved
72 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
10807/21
2021 Approved
72 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
10806/21
2021 Refused
Victoria Hall 37 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE 1NO. WILLOW
10410/21
2020 Approved
Moorland House 77-79 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2BJ
SITING OF 1NO. HALO ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGN AND 1NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SI…
10137/20
2020 Approved
52 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE (CLASS E) TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (CLASS C3)
09491/20
2020 Approved
52 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE (CLASS E) TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (…
09495/20
2020 Approved
The Light Cinema The Market Place Bolton BL1 2AL
ERECTION OF FIVE STOREY EXTERNAL LIFT TOWER ON WESTERN ELEVATION AND ALTERATIONS TO FORM…
07705/20
2019 Approved
54 And 56 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ALTERATIONS AND CONVERSION TO FORM SINGLE OFFICE BUILDING
07033/19
2019 Approved
66 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2. (ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF BOUNDARY WALL) AND 3. (DESI…
07292/19
2018 Approved
46 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR: REPAIRING SLATE ROOF, REFURBISHING THE FLAT ROOF DORMER AND…
04675/18
2018 Approved
Unit X9 X8B Y10 And Y11 The Market Place Bolton BL1 2AR
ADDITIONAL USE OF PUBLIC HIGHWAY AS OUTDOOR SEATING AREA
04385/18
2016 Approved
65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2BJ
CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM RETAIL (CLASS A1) TO RESTAURANT (CLASS A3).
96563/16
2016 Approved
55 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS
RETENTION OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) TO FRONT ELEVATION
96615/16
2016 Approved
55 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS
RETENTION OF INTERNALLY ILUMINATED ATM SIGNS AND BLUE LED TO SURROUND FASCIA
96616/16
2016 Approved
Delta House 95-101 Bark Street Bolton BL1 2AX
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES (CLASS B1) TO GAMES ROOMS (CLASS D2)
96565/16
2016 Approved
48 ST GEORGES ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 2DD
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR EXTERNAL REPAIR WORKS TO REAR ELEVATION INCLUDING RENDER WORK…
95631/16
Bolton
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#250 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
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Bolton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #263 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #259 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #229 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #175 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
62%
Change of use approved
113 decided
996
Total decisions
208 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.