Plan for new car sales site off Nelson Street, Great Lever

If approved, the plans will aim to create a car sales area with a new portable cabin and boundary fence on land just north of St Bartholomew Street, off Nelson Street in Great Lever.

This will include a space to display vehicles up for sale.

A statement from Bolton Council’s highways department said: “According to the submitted information, the land in question will be accessed from the existing access point onto Nelson Street that serves the established industrial site at that location.

“The red edge of the application would need to cover up to the access onto Nelson Street so that the use can benefit legitimately from an access to the public highway.

The plans have been put before Bolton Council (Image: QAM Architecture)

“Service vehicle access at this location is established and the level of additional traffic from the proposed use will be marginal and should be accommodated with minimal detriment/severity to road safety, amenity, and the operational capacity of the surrounding highways.

“The internal layout of the site appears workable from an accessibility/manoeuvrability and servicing perspective.

“On this basis, no reasonable objections on highway grounds to what is being proposed under this application.”

The plans were received by the council on Monday, April 20, this year and validated on Wednesday, April 29.

A noise impact assessment by QAM Architecture said: “Local authority guidance notes that baseline noise should be measured or reasonably estimated to understand existing exposure levels and contextualise new noise sources.

“Given the low-intensity nature of the proposed use, baseline levels are expected to be moderate, dominated by existing commercial activity.”

It added: “The proposed car-sales use will generate minimal noise, significantly below levels associated with industrial or mechanical uses.

“The development is fully acceptable in noise terms and complies with local and national planning guidance.

“There are no noise-related reasons to refuse the application.”

The statement said that noise levels for car sales businesses would tend to be lower than garages, MOT centres or other similar businesses.

Bolton Council will aim to decide whether to approve the plan by Wednesday, June 24, this year.