Bolton Council’s Planning Committee has refused an application to allow the disused dry cleaners/laundrette on the corner of Chorley Old Road and Stratford Avenue to become a Hot Food Takeaway. The applicant had wanted to be able to open seven days a week, from 9am to 11 pm.                                                        

The application had led to 14 letters of objection and a petition of 109 signatures. Concerns included smells, noise, traffic and parking, litter and the possibility of attracting anti-social behaviour.

Residents would have been happy for the premises to become a retail outlet or financial services premises (which was also applied for), but Councillors were advised that the application had to be dealt with as a whole.

A local resident and I both addressed the Committee to ask for refusal. Planning Officers had recommended that the application should be approved, but I am pleased to say it was refused unanimously.

The applicant can now either appeal to a Government Planning Inspector or submit an application for a more acceptable use.

 

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