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Smithills Coaching House

by rogerhayes on 21 December, 2012

On 6th December Bolton Council’s Planning Committee agreed plans to convert the Smithills Coaching House (a grade II listed building) into 8 apartments and build 21 houses adjacent to it – in Green Belt near Smithills Hall (a grade I listed building) an ancient woodland and a Site of Biological Interest (SBI). In doing so […]

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Guide Dog Centre – Lowndes Street

by rogerhayes on 3 December, 2010

There is a long standing planning permission to build 113 dwellings on the site of the former Guide Dog Centre in Lowndes Street. The old buildings have been demolished and the site is fast becoming an eyesore.  The Guide Dogs Charity is having difficulty  selling the site to a developer, and has asked the Council […]

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‘ZEST’ – again!

by rogerhayes on 18 December, 2009

As reported earlier, a further planning application by ‘Zest’, 877-879 Moss Bank Way (for retention of first floor as a conference facility, training room and cookery school) was approved by Bolton’s Planning Committee on 12th November. Approval was for a 12 month period with some conditions. Zest has now applied to have two of the […]

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Heaton Medical Centre (Lucy Street)

by rogerhayes on 17 December, 2009

Bolton’s Planning Committee has unanimously passed the planning application for extensions to this medical centre. Some residents had objected because the two storey rear extension was too close to their homes and they could be overlooked. Officers reported that the extension would still be further away from neighbouring houses that the minimum standard. A condition […]

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20 Devonshire Road – approved with some improvements

by rogerhayes on 12 December, 2009

As we had predicted, Bolton’s Planning Committee approved the application by the Azhar Academy to change the use of 20 Devonshire Road into an Education Centre (planning class D1). It had become obvious at the previous meeting that it would be approved (either at Committee or on appeal).  I therefore concentrated on getting improvements for the […]

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Planning Application – Heaton Medical Centre

by rogerhayes on 29 November, 2009

A planning application to extend the Heaton Medical Centre in Lucy Street will be considered by the Council’s Planning Committee on 10th December. I asked for it to come to Committee rather than be decided by Council Officers. I also asked for a site visit by the Committee before a decision is taken. A number […]

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Planning application – 20 Devonshire Road

by rogerhayes on 28 November, 2009

This application was deferred at a meeting of Bolton Council’s Planning Committee (see post on 17th November). We now understand that this will come back to Committee on 10th December.

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‘ZEST’ gets planning go ahead

by rogerhayes on 17 November, 2009

Bolton’s Planning Committee has given Zest, 877-879 Moss Bank Way a 12 month temporary approval for its application for “retention of first floor as conference facility, training room and cookery school”. It had been doing this, without planning permission for some months. Objections were based on road safety concerns (the site is right on the […]

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Old Links Golf Club

by rogerhayes on 21 October, 2009

We have heard that the appeal by the Golf Club against refusal of the application to build on a site off Donkey Lane/Walker Fold Road has been rejected by the Government Inspector. The Golf Club had intended to withdraw that appeal anyway now the Council has approved their application to build next to the overflow […]

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‘Zest’ planning application, 877-879 Moss Bank Way

by rogerhayes on 21 October, 2009

We understand that this planning application is now likely to come back to Planning Committee on 12th November – the report on parking and road safety issues is taking longer to write than expected.

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