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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
6,248Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,660 approved or refused records
877Refused applications

3,783 approved · 877 refused · 139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided16997/23

    PRUNING OF 1NO. LIME

    Beechwood Rear Of 105 To 107 Broad Oth Lane Bolton BL1 6QN

    Received 16 Oct 2023
  2. Decided16998/23

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR INSTALLATION OF WOODEN GUTTER TO THATCHED ROOF TOGETHER WITH REPLACEMENT OF MARLEY TILES WITH SLATE, REPLACEMENT OF PVC RAINWATER GOODS WITH WOODEN GUTTER AND CAST IRON DOWNSPOUTS AND RE-INSTALLATION OF WOODEN DOWNSPOUT AT FRONT ENTRANCE

    10 Firwood Fold Bolton BL2 3AG

    Received 16 Oct 2023
  3. Decided16999/23

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO : - FELLING OF 1NO. ASH AND 2NO. CONIFER

    60 Barrow Bridge Road Bolton BL1 7ND

    Received 16 Oct 2023
  4. Decided17001/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 9 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 96670/16

    Rivington Grange Former Bolton Community College Victoria Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6EA

    Received 16 Oct 2023
  5. Decided17002/23

    CHANGE OF USE OF DWELLING TO COMMERCIAL UNIT AT GROUND FLOOR AND 2NO. BED FLAT TO FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND ERECTION OF A 2M HIGH TIMBER FENCE TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND CREATION OF NEW SHOP FRONT

    343 Church Street Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3QE

    Received 17 Oct 2023
  6. Decided17003/23

    REPLACE EXISTING WORKSHOP/GARAGE WITH A LARGER BRICK GARAGE

    48 Whitegate Drive Bolton BL1 8SE

    Received 16 Oct 2023
  7. Decided17006/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 PART 1 (NOISE ASSESSMENT) ON APPLICATION 09055/20

    524 Manchester Road Kearsley Bolton Bolton BL4 8RS

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  8. Decided17007/23

    FELLING OF 1NO. OAK

    Dayspring Shady Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AF

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  9. Decided17008/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (ACOUSTIC MITIGATION DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 16296/23.

    218 - 220 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PH

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  10. Decided17009/23

    APPLICATION TO EXTEND THE EXISTING DROPPED KERB AT 813 AND 815 CHORLEY OLD RD TO ALSO COVER 817 CHORLEY OLD ROAD

    817 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 5SL

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  11. Decided17010/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    12 Fairhaven Avenue Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HE

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  12. Decided17011/23

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY PORCH EXTENSION AT FRONT

    Cranberry Farm Plodder Lane Bolton BL5 1AP

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  13. Decided17012/23

    PRUNING OF 1NO. BEECH

    150 Markland Hill Lane Bolton BL1 5NZ

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  14. Decided17013/23

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 14 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 12956/22

    Unit 1 Slater Lane Bolton BL1 2TQ

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  15. Decided17014/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 17 (ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 11534/21

    Jubilee Centre (Former Firwood School Site) Firwood Fold Crompton Way Bolton Bank Top, Bradshaw BL2 3AF

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  16. Decided17015/23

    DEMOLITION OF 2NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND ALTERATIONS TO ROOF.

    1 Shorefield Mount Egerton Bolton BL7 9EN

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  17. Decided17016/23

    ERECTION OF PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND REAR

    188 Freshfield Avenue Bolton BL3 3HL

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  18. Decided17017/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TO REAR TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND PORCH TO SIDE

    16 Oldstead Grove Bolton BL3 4XW

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  19. Decided17018/23

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    40 Starcliffe Street Bolton BL3 2PU

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  20. Decided17019/23

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR

    27 Devonshire Road Bolton BL1 4PG

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  21. Decided17020/23

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR BALCONY TO EXISTING FLAT ROOF AT REAR

    28 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DQ

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  22. Decided17021/23

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT ( S192) FOR A PROPOSED GARAGE, SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND NEW BOUNDARY WALL TO FRONT

    28 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DQ

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  23. Decided17022/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT AND TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR TOGETHER WITH INCREASE IN ROOF TO FACILITATE NEW DORMER

    5 Sledmere Close Bolton BL1 8JP

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  24. Decided17023/23

    PART A : - FELLING OF 1NO. ASH AND 2NO. SYCAMORE, PART B : - PRUNING OF 1NO. NORWEIGAN MAPLE, 1NO. SYCAMORE AND 1NO, HORSE CHESTNUT.

    Woodland To Side Of The Old Vicarage Bolton Road Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3EU

    Received 20 Oct 2023

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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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