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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
6,459Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
909Refused applications

3,916 approved · 909 refused · 146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2022 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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. Decided17389/23

    FELLING OF 2NO. SYCAMORE

    37 Grange Park Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9YA

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  2. Decided17391/23

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CONVERSION OF FIRST FLOOR OFFICE TO SELF CONTAINED FLAT

    First Floor 506 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 6AB

    Received 19 Dec 2023
  3. Decided17392/23

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    27 Braddyll Road Bolton BL5 1DY

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  4. Decided17393/23

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT SIDE ABOVE EXISTING GARAGE AND STUDY

    65 Riverside Drive Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton M26 1HU

    Received 15 Dec 2023
  5. Decided17395/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (NOISE MANAGEMENT) ON APPLICATION 16566/23

    Burnden Works Croft Lane Bolton BL3 2QX

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  6. Decided17396/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (DUST IMPACT ASSESSMENT) ON APPLICATION 08698/20

    Pilkington Quarry Georges Lane Horwich Bolton BL6 6RS

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  7. Decided17397/23

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION (AMENDMENT TO APPROVED DEVELOPMENT16809/23)

    26 Callis Road Bolton BL3 5QA

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  8. Decided17398/23

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED USE OF PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION WITH CARE FOR TWO RESIDENTS WITH ON SITE CARE SUPPORT (USE CLASS C2)

    6 Bailey Lane Bolton BL2 5EN

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  9. Decided17399/23

    DEMOLITION OF REAR CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION

    Heaton Lodge Marshdale Road Bolton BL1 5AQ

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  10. Decided17400/23

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED USE OF DWELLING AS A 2NO. BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL CHILDREN'S HOME WITH STAFF WORKING ON A ROTA BASIS PROVIDING CONSTANT CARE

    1 Alfred Street Bolton BL3 2QX

    Received 21 Dec 2023
  11. Decided17401/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (MATERIALS) 4 (PARKING SPACE PROVISION) 5 (VEHICLE ACCESS) ON APPLICATION 16690/23

    32 And 34 Bolton Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 7JW

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  12. Decided17403/23

    CHANGE OF USE OF FROM A PUBLIC HOUSE TO A HMO CONTAINING 13NO. BEDROOMS AND COMMUNAL SPACES.

    Star And Garter 11 Bow Street Bolton BL1 2EQ

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  13. Decided17404/23

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3NO. SHUTTERS TOGETHER WITH A STEEL CANOPY ROOF OVER AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY

    Ground Floor 148 148 - 150 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 3AT

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  14. Decided17405/23

    PART RETROSPECTIVE IMPORTATION OF SOILS TO RAISE LEVEL OF LAND AND AMENDMENT TO CURTILAGE OF DWELLING

    Glen View Sandhole Road Kearsley Bolton BL4 8QN

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  15. Decided17406/23

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 9 (PUBLIC REALM AND LANDSCAPE) 16 (ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE SCHEME) 17 (HIGHWAYS WORKS) ON APPLICATION 12865/21

    Land East Of Central Street Bolton BL1 2AB

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  16. Decided17407/23

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE/REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND DORMER CONVERSION

    237 Green Lane Bolton BL3 2LE

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  17. Decided17408/23

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR.

    290 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 4JU

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  18. Decided17409/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO FORM NEW SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH PITCHED ROOF ADJOINING HOUSE EXTENSION.

    55 Queens Avenue Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9BL

    Received 24 Dec 2023
  19. Decided17411/23

    ERECTION OF 2 NO. DORMERS TO FRONT ELEVATION.

    8 Sweetloves Grove Bolton BL1 7EE

    Received 27 Dec 2023
  20. Decided17412/23

    DEMOLITION OF A REAR CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH AN ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    8 Osmund Avenue Bolton BL2 6DR

    Received 27 Dec 2023
  21. Decided17413/23

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    11 Ramswell Close Bolton BL3 2NF

    Received 27 Dec 2023
  22. Decided17414/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (LANSCAPE SCHEME, RETAINING WALL AND PLANTING PROPOSAL) ON APPLICATION 15603/23

    Land To Rear Of National Centre For Motorsport Engineering Wellington Street Bolton

    Received 27 Dec 2023
  23. Decided17415/23

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 1NO. DECIDUOUS TREE

    9 Oakley Park Bolton BL1 5XL

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  24. Decided17417/23

    PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO FRONT GARDEN TO FORM ONE FRONT DRIVE AT 273-275 HALLIWELL ROAD.

    273 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 3PE

    Received 29 Dec 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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