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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
6,499Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,858 approved or refused records
912Refused applications

3,946 approved · 912 refused · 147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided17602/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED DORMER AT REAR

    10 Hayward Avenue Little Lever Bolton BL3 1NY

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  2. Decided17603/24

    PART A; PRUNING OF 2 NO.LIME, 1 NO.SYCAMORE.PART B; FELLING OF 1 NO.WILLOW.

    Lorelei Eagley Bank Andrew Lane Bolton BL1 7LF

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  3. Decided17604/24

    PRUNING OF 13No. POPLARS

    Little Lever Cricket Club, Victory Road, Little Lever, Bolton. BL3 1HY

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  4. Decided17605/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.49M MAX HEIGHT; 3.29M EAVES HEIGHT)

    64 Ashworth Lane Bolton BL1 8RD

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  5. Decided17606/24

    GARAGE CONVERSION INTO A HABITABLE ROOM WITH INSTALLATION OF A PITCHED ROOF AND NEW PARKING LAYOUT TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

    5 Sandown Road Bolton BL2 3QB

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  6. Decided17607/24

    DISCHARGE OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS 2 (GROUND SITE INVESTIGATION), 3 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE), 4 (LANDSCAPING SCHEME), 5 (NOISE MITGATION SCHEME), 6 (NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT), 7 (ELECTRICAL CHARGING POINTS) ON APPLICATION 14760/22

    Catalent Pharma Solutions Wingates Industrial Estate Great Bank Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3XX

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  7. Decided17608/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 16 (CONTAMINATED LAND REPORT) ON APPLICATION 09775/20.

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Little Lever Bolton

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  8. Decided17609/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS

    36 Avon Road Kearsley Bolton BL4 8PW

    Received 2 Feb 2024
  9. Decided17610/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    49 Hindley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2JU

    Received 3 Feb 2024
  10. Decided17611/24

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT TO REPLACEMENT OF FRONT ELEVATION WINDOWS WITH TIMBER LOOK DOUBLE GLAZING MAINTAINING THE EXISTING STYLE AND COLOUR.

    Scant Row 1618 Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6PZ

    Received 3 Feb 2024
  11. Decided17612/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO.CHERRY.

    165 Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4DF

    Received 3 Feb 2024
  12. Decided17613/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (TRAVEL PLAN) 4 (RE-SURFACING OF EXISTING CAR PARK) ON APPLICATION 06663/19

    Bolton Muslim Girls School High Street Bolton BL3 6TA

    Received 4 Feb 2024
  13. Decided17614/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    81 Mornington Road Bolton BL1 4ED

    Received 4 Feb 2024
  14. Deposited17616/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 3 NO.SALLOW WILLOW.

    Land Rear Of 21 Birchfield Bolton BL2 4AH

    Received 5 Feb 2024
  15. Decided17617/24

    FELLING OF 1No. CHERRY TREE

    3 St Osmunds Grove Bolton BL2 6EJ

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  16. Decided17618/24

    CHANGE OF USE AND EXTENSION TO PROVIDE OFFICE AND NEW SHOP FRONT AT GROUND FLOOR AND 2 NO. SELF-CONTAINEDFLATS AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR

    181 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3PS

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  17. Decided17619/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16929/23 (TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE REAR DORMER EXTENSION).

    7 Norbury Grove Bolton BL1 8SH

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  18. Decided17620/24

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

    30 Coverdale Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3RG

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  19. Decided17621/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 6 (LEVELS DETAILS) AND CONDITION 7 (MATERIAL SAMPLES) ON APPLICATION 15410/23.

    Wenderholme Lodge Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AN

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  20. Decided17622/24

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

    149 Piggott Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9PL

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  21. Decided17623/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION WITH ALTERATION TO BAY WINDOW AND ROOF CANOPY.

    44 Westland Avenue Farnworth Bolton BL4 9SN

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  22. Decided17624/24

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

    55 Lever Park Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 7LQ

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  23. Decided17625/24

    GARAGE CONVERSION INTO A HABITABLE ROOM

    7 Wharfedale Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3DP

    Received 6 Feb 2024
  24. Decided17626/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    29 Pimlott Road Bolton BL1 8TN

    Received 6 Feb 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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