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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
6,532Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,885 approved or refused records
923Refused applications

3,962 approved · 923 refused · 150 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided17806/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 9 (PUBLIC REALM & LANDSCAPE - DETAIL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) AND DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 15 (EXTERNAL LIGHTING) ON APPLICATION 12865/21

    Land East Of Central Street Bolton

    Received 6 Mar 2024
  2. Decided17807/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT FRONT AND REAR TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF AN OUTBUILDING AT REAR AND INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS TO EXISTING GABLE

    5 Ellesmere Gardens Bolton BL3 3GW

    Received 6 Mar 2024
  3. Decided17808/24

    DEMOLITION OF UTILITY ROOM AND GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT

    Keepers Cottage Borsdane Wood Jacks Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2DL

    Received 7 Mar 2024
  4. Decided17809/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR AND SIDE TOGETHER WITH PORCH AT FRONT

    5 Dewhurst Road Bolton BL2 3NF

    Received 7 Mar 2024
  5. Decided17810/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND REAR GARDEN ROOM TOGETHER WITH DORMER LOFT CONVERSION WITH HIP TO GABLE ROOF

    111 Harper Green Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0DU

    Received 7 Mar 2024
  6. Decided17811/24

    ERECTION OF ANNEXE TO REAR TO FORM ANCILLLARY LIVING ACCOMODATION

    17 Milton Crescent Farnworth Bolton BL4 9SY

    Received 7 Mar 2024
  7. Decided17812/24

    PRUNING 1 NO.SYCAMORE.

    128A Albert Road West Bolton BL1 5EB

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  8. Decided17813/24

    DEMOLITION OF CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    68 Duxbury Avenue Little Lever Bolton BL3 1PX

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  9. Decided17814/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY PORCH AT FRONT

    5 Whiting Grove Bolton BL3 4PU

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  10. Decided17815/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 13681/22 TO AMEND ROADS AND FOOTWAYS, PARKING AND APPROVED PLANS.

    Horwich Golf Club Victoria Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5PH

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  11. Decided17816/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 16 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 11071/21

    Caldbeck Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6QB

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  12. Decided17817/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.00M LONG; 3.20M MAX HEIGHT; 2.80M EAVES HEIGHT)

    4 Lock Lane Bolton BL3 4RL

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  13. Decided17818/24

    ERECTION OF 6 NO. INDUSTRIAL UNITS (USE CLASS B2 AND B8) IN 3NO. BLOCKS, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING, AND BOUNDARY TREATMENTS.

    Nelson Mill Gaskell Street Bolton BL1 2QE

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  14. Decided17819/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. SYCAMORE

    14 Regents Place Lostock Bolton BL6 4PU

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  15. Decided17820/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF EXISTING CHIMNEY.

    17 Nevis Grove Bolton BL1 6RP

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  16. Decided17821/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF PATIO DOORS TO REAR ELEVATION.

    17 Nevis Grove Bolton BL1 6RP

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  17. Decided17822/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING C3 TO CARE HOME C2

    1 Alfred Street Bolton Bolton BL3 2QX

    Received 9 Mar 2024
  18. Decided17823/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. OAK AND 2No. SYCAMORE

    10 Cousin Fields Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9YQ

    Received 9 Mar 2024
  19. Decided17824/24

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF 4NO. EXISTING SASH WINDOWS AT REAR AND SIDE TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF SMALL MOCK SASH WINDOW TO KITCHEN TO REPLACE EXISTING CASEMENT WINDOW AT REAR, REINSTATEMENT OF SASH WINDOWS AT FRONT. ALL WINDOWS TO BE GLAZED WITH SLIMLINE KRYPTON FILLED HERITAGE DOUBLE GLAZING UNITS.

    249 Ashworth Lane Bolton BL1 8RX

    Received 11 Mar 2024
  20. Decided17825/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 2.90M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    57 Tudor Avenue Bolton BL1 4LR

    Received 11 Mar 2024
  21. Decided17826/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION.

    2 Gleaves Avenue Bolton BL2 4ET

    Received 11 Mar 2024
  22. Decided17827/24

    INSTALLATION OF A GROUND FLOOR BAY WINDOW TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A FRONT PORCH.

    14 Lee Bank Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HQ

    Received 11 Mar 2024
  23. Decided17828/24

    ERECTION OF 27 NO. DWELLINGS WITH NEW ACCESS ROAD, PARKING AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING

    Land North Of Alderbank Close Alderbank Close Kearsley Bolton

    Received 11 Mar 2024
  24. Decided17829/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, ALTERATIONS TO ACCESS AND PARKING AREAS, AND ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCING AND GATES, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

    Green Fold School Highfield Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0RA

    Received 11 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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