®Planning appeal decision
7 Atlas Mill, Bentinck Street, Bolton, BL1 4QG
Planning appeal 3334611 at 7 Atlas Mill, Bentinck Street, Bolton, BL1 4QG (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 29 July 2024 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use of the mill premises from storage and distribution (Class B8 use) to a mixed use of storage and distribution together with manufacturing and use as an indoor venue for exercise and sport has occurred.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the mill premises from storage and distribution (Class B8 use) to a mixed use of storage and distribution together with manufacturing and use as an indoor venue for exercise and sport
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a material change of use of the mill premises from storage and distribution (Class B8 use) to a mixed use of storage and distribution together with manufacturing and use as an indoor venue for exercise and sport has occurred
What decided it
The units within the mill building are separate planning units, and the alleged mixed use did not occur within the planning unit identified in the enforcement notice.
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