Blocks of flats to be proposed on All Saints Street, Bolton

This comes with developers set to put forward a plan later this year for the two four-storey blocks to be built off All Saints Street.

But first, they say they want people living in the area to give their views on the proposals.

Cllr Richard Silvester, of Queens Park and Central, said: “A planning application by P4 Planning will be submitted in November for two, four-storey apartment blocks comprising 82 residential units on two car parks, either side of All Saints Street.

“This is across Bow Street from the Church Wharf development site, and so will complement the overall scheme in that area.

The blocks of flats will be proposed on either side of All Saints Street (Image: Google Maps)

“P4 Planning would like the public to comment on their proposals prior to submitting the planning application, so I would encourage everyone to have a look at the plans on their website, and to let them know what they think.”

Bolton Council had agreed to sell off the car parks at All Saints Street East and West in September 2022.

At the time, officials had hoped that this would help make way for further developments in the town centre.

Further details are expected when the plans are formally published in the autumn, but Cllr Silvester says he believes they will work well alongside other high-profile projects in the town.

Cllr Silvester said: “Personally speaking, I do like the proposals.

“The next few years will be an exciting time for Bolton town centre as we will see more development schemes like this occurring and the ones which are in progress being completed such as at Deansgate Gardens, Bark Street and Moor Lane/Blackhorse Street.

“We will see more people moving into the town centre which in turn will bring more shops and new businesses opening and an increasingly prosperous town centre.”

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These include plans for more than 400 new homes and a hotel at the Church Wharf site off the River Croal and a scheme to build more than 200 houses that is nearly finished on Moor Lane.

There is also the Deansgate Gardens project, which is to build more than 160 homes for private rent and is expected to be finished by the summer of next year.

The consultation can be found by searching https://www.p4planning.co.uk/consultations/all-saints-street-bolton online and will be open until October 4.

Full plans are expected to be lodged the following November.