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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
6,524Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,879 approved or refused records
919Refused applications

3,960 approved · 919 refused · 150 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Decided17755/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (ARCHAEOLOGY) AND 13 (NOISE) ON APPLICATION 17137/23

    Former Moor Lane Bus Station Moor Lane Bolton

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  2. Decided17756/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 1 (APPROVED PLANS) 2 (MATERIALS) 4 (BIODIVERSITY) 7 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) 8 (CAR PARKING SPACES) ON APPLICATION 15686/23

    Green Common Cottages Green Common Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3BN

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  3. Decided17757/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.

    33 Lower Drake Fold Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2RE

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  4. Decided17758/24

    REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 2 (NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) ORDER 1995 (OR ANY ORDER REVOKING, RE-ENACTING OR MODIFYING THAT ORDER), NO EXTENSIONS, PORCHES, GARAGES OR OUTBUILDINGS SHALL BE ERECTED WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE HEREBY APPROVED) AND 3 (NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) ORDER 1995 (OR ANY ORDER REVOKING, RE-ENACTING OR MODIFYING THAT ORDER), NO ROOFLIGHTS/DORMER WINDOWS SHALL BE FORMED OR ANY ALTERATION OR ADDITION MADE TO THE ROOF OF THE DWELLING HOUSE HEREBY APPROVED) ON APPLICATION 78640/07

    Hilton House Bungalow 694 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NL

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  5. Decided17759/24

    CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING DWELLING INTO 3NO. SELF CONTAINED FLATS

    320 Willows Lane Bolton BL3 4HE

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  6. Decided17761/24

    CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM COMMERCIAL UNIT INTO 1 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT.

    Ground Floor 355 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 6AH

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  7. Decided17762/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BEECH, 1 NO. LIME, 2 NO. HORSE CHESTNUT.

    10 Horrocks Fold Bolton BL1 7BX

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  8. Decided17763/24

    ERECTION OF PORCH FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW OPENINGS AT FRONT AND REAR

    Old Quarry House Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9PL

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  9. Decided17764/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 12 (AREAS TO BE USED BY VEHICLES),14 (LAND CONTAMINATION) AND 15 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) ON APPLICATION 07786/20

    Land North Of St Osmunds Drive St Osmunds Drive Bolton

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  10. Decided17765/24

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

    19 Moorlands View Bolton BL3 3TN

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  11. Decided17766/24

    FORMATION OF TIMBER DECKING TO CREATE LARGER LEVEL SPACE TO REAR GARDEN.

    35 The Hall Coppice Egerton Bolton BL7 9UE

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  12. Decided17767/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 21 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE - CREAMS MILL AND MYTHAM ROAD) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO CREAMS MILL (SITE 2, 3 & 4) ONLY.

    Land At Mytham Road Prestolee Road Boscow Road Hall Lane And Newbury Road Little Lever Bolton

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  13. Decided17769/24

    PRUNING OF 4 NO. BEECH.

    93 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DF

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  14. Decided17770/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE.

    11 Yew Tree Close Bolton BL1 6FW

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  15. Decided17771/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION: 11258/21 (CLADDING SPECIFICATION)

    Vale House Vale Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 5RF

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  16. Decided17772/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 1 NO. CONIFER.

    5 George Street Horwich Bolton BL6 6BP

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  17. Decided17773/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 16548/23

    The Market Precinct Brackley Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9DL

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  18. Decided17774/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION

    24 Roseberry Street Bolton BL3 4AR

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  19. Decided17775/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCESS RAMP AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, FOLLOWED BY CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT OF MAIN SCHOOL BUILDING.

    Little Lever School Church Street Little Lever Bolton BL3 1BT

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  20. Decided17776/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16932/23 TO AMEND MINOR VARIATION TO APPROVED WORDING ON DECISION NOTICE FOR CONDITON 6 (SITE INVESTIGATION)

    Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR

    Received 1 Mar 2024
  21. Decided17777/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (SITE INVESTIGATION - VALIDATION REPORT) IN RELATION TO PLOT 2 ON APPLICATION 09905/20

    Hesketh House 1 Hesketh Park Bolton BL5 2EA

    Received 2 Mar 2024
  22. Decided17778/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT LAND TO INSTALLATION OF SELF STORAGE CONTAINERS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A BOUNDARY FENCE.

    Land To The Rear Of 20 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 4 Mar 2024
  23. Decided17779/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTRIGGER TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR, INCLUDING LOFT CONVERSION WITH THE INSTALLATION OF FRONT AND REAR DORMERS.

    385 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8DE

    Received 4 Mar 2024
  24. Decided17780/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.

    14 Glebe Street Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3SZ

    Received 4 Mar 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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