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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
6,016Searchable applications
53Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,472 approved or refused records
846Refused applications

3,626 approved · 846 refused · 136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policy and strategyPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Trees and conservation areasArticle 4 directions

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas26 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decided16616/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 ( EXTERNAL LIGHTING REPORT ) ON APPLICATION 12495/21

    Unit 5 Burnden Park Manchester Road Bolton BL3 2NE

    Received 15 Aug 2023
  2. Decided16617/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

    44 Birtenshaw Crescent Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9LU

    Received 15 Aug 2023
  3. Decided16618/23

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16206/23 (CHANGE THE COLOUR OF THE FRONT AND REAR CLADDING ON DORMERS TO GREY)

    18 Bowness Road Little Lever Bolton BL3 1UB

    Received 15 Aug 2023
  4. Decided16619/23

    PRUNING OF 1NO. BIRCH

    The Birches Rigby Lane Bolton BL2 3EL

    Received 15 Aug 2023
  5. Decided16620/23

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY WRAP AROUND EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR

    36 Timberbottom Bolton BL2 3DL

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  6. Decided16621/23

    CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE AND LOFT CONVERSION WITH HIP TO GABLE ROOF EXTENSION AND DORMER TO REAR

    5 Somerdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5HS

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  7. Decided16623/23

    CREATION OF NEW ACCESS ROAD

    Lostock Dene High Bank Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4DT

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  8. Decided16624/23

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 4.00M MAX HEIGHT; 2.80M EAVES HEIGHT

    33 Buttermere Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0PP

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  9. Decided16625/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION AND DORMERS TO FRONT

    16 Prestbury Road Bolton BL1 8SA

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  10. Registered16626/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (PROGRAMME OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS), 4 (BREEDING BIRDS SURVEY), 5 (GROUND WATER MONITORING), 6 (IMPERMEABLE BARRIER), 7 (NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT), 9 (DUST MANAGEMENT), AND 10 (SCREENING BUND AND FENCING DETAIL) ON APPLICATION 11067/21

    Montcliffe Georges Lane Horwich Bolton BL6 6RS

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  11. Decided16627/23

    CHANGE OF USE FROM SINGLE DWELLING TO 3No. SELF CONTAINED FLATS (2 ON GROUND FLOOR AND 1 ON FIRST FLOOR) TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT AS APPROVED UNDER 14786/22.

    5 Felton Walk Bolton BL1 8EN

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  12. Decided16628/23

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR/SIDE EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR WITH 2NO. LANTERN ROOF LIGHTS.

    209 Morris Green Lane Bolton BL3 3LB

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  13. Registered16629/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 21 (LIGHTING) AND PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 20 (SOIL TESTING) AND 26 (CONTAMINATION) ON APPLICATION 11534/21

    Jubilee Centre (Former Firwood School Site) Firwood Fold Crompton Way Bank Top, Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3AF

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  14. Decided16630/23

    INSTALLATION OF AN ACCESS RAMP AND NEW ENTRANCE DOOR TO SIDE ELEVATION, REMOVAL OF EXISTING FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS

    524 Leigh Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2JX

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  15. Decided16631/23

    CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING VEHICLE WORKSHOP BUILDING TO ADDITIONAL CAR SHOWROOM SPACE TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS.

    Bcc Group Citroen Kay Street Bolton BL1 2HF

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  16. Deposited16632/23

    FELLING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE

    102 Tong Road Little Lever Bolton BL3 1PU

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  17. Decided16634/23

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND FRONT INCLUDING A PORCH AND PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    15 Stanrose Close Egerton Bolton BL7 9SE

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  18. Decided16635/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR AND FRONT PORCH

    60 Captains Clough Road Bolton BL1 5RS

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  19. Decided16637/23

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION AND REAR BALCONY

    626 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NJ

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  20. Decided16638/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION, REAR DORMER EXTENSION AND RAISING OF EXISTING RIDGE HEIGHT INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF FRONT PIKES, GABLE ROOF AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING FRONT CIRCULAR BAY WINDOWS AND REPLACEMENT WITH SPLAYED BAY WINDOWS.

    10 Somerdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5HS

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  21. Decided16640/23

    CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC AND OFFICES INTO 2 NO. SELF CONTAINED FLATS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    3 Bromley Cross Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9LS

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  22. Decided16642/23

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    3 Linnyshaw Close Bolton BL3 4WH

    Received 18 Aug 2023
  23. Decided16643/23

    PART A: PRUNING OF 7 NO. OAK, 1 NO. LIME, 6 NO. SYCAMORE AND 2 NO. MAPLEPART B: FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 1 NO. HAWTHORN, 1 NO. ASH, 1 NO. SORBUS, 1 NO. BEECH AND 1 NO. PRUNUS

    Canon Slade C Of E Secondary School Bradshaw Brow Bolton BL2 3BP

    Received 18 Aug 2023
  24. Decided16644/23

    PART A: PRUNING OF 4 NO. LIME, 1 NO. ELM, 17 NO. ASH, 1NO. OAK AND 2 NO. SYCAMORE PART B: FELLING OF 1 NO. ELM

    Bolton School Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4PB

    Received 18 Aug 2023

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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