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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
6,495Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,855 approved or refused records
912Refused applications

3,943 approved · 912 refused · 147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided17552/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT SIDE AND REAR

    336 Newbrook Road Atherton Manchester M46 9QP

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  2. Decided17553/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF PART OF EXISTING GARAGE TO CREATE OFFICE SPACE TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW WINDOW IN EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE MASONRY WALL

    18 Old Nursery Fold Bolton BL2 3RZ

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  3. Decided17554/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO.BEECH.

    119 Junction Road Bolton BL3 4NF

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  4. Decided17555/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED HIP TO GABLE ROOF TOGETHER WITH DORMER AT REAR

    32 Fourth Avenue Bolton BL1 4LU

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  5. Decided17556/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT TO CHILDREN'S NURSERY

    Barnstormers Lostock Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4BL

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  6. Decided17557/24

    ERECTION OF A BRICK WALL TO PART OF SITE BOUNDARY

    Rumworth Park Lodge Hawthorne Road Bolton BL3 4BS

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  7. Decided17558/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    35 Captain Lees Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3UB

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  8. Decided17559/24

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE TOGETHER WITH FRONT CANOPY

    23 Chilham Street Bolton BL3 3QX

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  9. Decided17560/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM A CAFE/RESTAURANT WITH RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 1 NO. DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS C3)

    204 Wigan Road Bolton BL3 5QE

    Received 21 Jan 2024
  10. Decided17561/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (APPROVAL OF WINDOWS AND DOORS) ON APPLICATION 14747/22

    First And Second Floor 12 - 16 Corporation Street Bolton BL1 2AN

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  11. Decided17562/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 3 NO. GOAT WILLOW AND 1 NO. HOLLY.

    Egerton Cricket Club Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9TH

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  12. Decided17563/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 12 (COAL MINING LEGACY) PART 1,2,3 (INTRUSIVE SITE INVESTIGATIONS, PART 4 (VERIFICATION REPORT )ON APPLICATION 09616/20

    Tarmac Building Materials Ltd Stopes Road Little Lever Bolton BL3 1NN

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  13. Decided17564/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO 04527/18 (TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED PLANTING OF TREES TO ROUNDERS PITCH).

    Land At Eldercot Road Eldercot Road Bolton BL3 4JJ

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  14. Decided17565/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 26 (LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT AREAS; 35 (EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS STATEMENT); 36 (REASONABLE AVOIDANCE MEASURES) AND PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 23 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES); 27 (PHASING/EXTENT OF WORKS; 28 (DETAILS OF EARTHWORKS); 29 (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN) AND 32 (SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 16776/23

    Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  15. Decided17566/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 14448/22 TO AMEND SITE PLAN (LANDSCAPING) AND ELEVATIONS.

    Horwich Health And Wellbeing Hub Victoria Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5PY

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  16. Decided17567/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT SIDE.

    11 Birkenhills Drive Bolton BL3 4TX

    Received 26 Jan 2024
  17. Decided17568/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. SYCAMORE AND 2No. OAKS.

    Greenthorne Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6PS

    Received 27 Jan 2024
  18. Decided17569/24

    PART A; PRUNING OF 6x SYCAMOREPART B; PRUNING OF 1x SYCAMORE

    19 Wythburn Avenue Bolton BL1 6BG

    Received 27 Jan 2024
  19. Decided17570/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO HALL LANE ONLY.

    Land Off Hall Lane Little Lever Bolton

    Received 29 Jan 2024
  20. Decided17571/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.70M MAX HEIGHT; 2.50M EAVES HEIGHT

    10 The Sheddings Bolton BL3 2JN

    Received 29 Jan 2024
  21. Decided17572/24

    FELL 1 NO. SYCAMORE.

    Sandbanks House Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7LP

    Received 29 Jan 2024
  22. Decided17573/24

    SITING OF REPLACEMENT INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED ATM COLLAR SURROUND SIGN WITH NATWEST BRANDING.

    548 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 6BT

    Received 29 Jan 2024
  23. Decided17574/24

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT TO REPLACE WOODEN FRONT AND BACK DOORS WITH SOLID OAK WOODEN DOORS AND RESTORATION OF BOARDED UP WINDOW

    Bradshaw Hall Farm 37 Bradshaw Road Bolton BL2 4JH

    Received 29 Jan 2024
  24. Decided17575/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TO INCLUDE DECKING TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM

    1 Higher Clough Close Bolton BL3 4WJ

    Received 29 Jan 2024

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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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