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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
6,260Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,669 approved or refused records
878Refused applications

3,791 approved · 878 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided17024/23

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 05 ON 09667/20 (TRADING HOURS TO BE CHANGED TO OPENING HOURS MONDAY-SUNDAY 12.00PM-5.00AM)

    Ground Floor 73 - 75 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1QD

    Received 26 Jun 2023
  2. Decided17025/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE TO INCLUDE NEW GARAGE, SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND GROUND LEVEL TERRACE BALCONY TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC GATES WITH NEW GATES AND BOUNDARY FENCING.

    24 Sharples Hall Fold Bolton BL1 7EH

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  3. Decided17026/23

    FELLING OF 1NO. MOUNTAIN ASH

    Land To The Rear Of 29 The Woodlands Lostock Bolton BL6 4JD

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  4. Decided17027/23

    INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT 11.88M MONOPOLE (OVERALL HEIGHT 16M), ACCOMMODATING 12NO. ANTENNA, AND ANCILLARY RADIO EQUIPMENT. INCLUDING THE HEADFRAME. TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW AND REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT CABINETS, WITHIN THE EXISTING COMPOUND AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT THERETO.

    Land At Great Lever Golf Club Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LQ

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  5. Decided17028/23

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR.

    1 Ashbury Close Bolton BL3 6XE

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  6. Decided17029/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT) & 7 (SOIL MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 11498/21

    3 And 4 Penny Lane Bolton BL1 6JG

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  7. Decided17030/23

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES) 3 (NOISE ASSESSMENT) 4 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT) ON APPLICATION 09361/20

    Saraco Industries Limited Egerton Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7ER

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  8. Decided17031/23

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 10 (LANDSCAPING) ON APPLICATION 11498/21

    3 Penny Lane Bolton BL1 6JG

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  9. Decided17032/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE TOGETHER WITH INCREASE OF HEIGHT TO EXISTING FIRST FLOOR AND ASSOCIATED ROOF TO REAR ELEVATION AND JULIET BALCONY TO THE REAR AND INCREASING OF HEIGHT OF DORMER TO RIGHT.

    399 Stitch Mi Lane Bolton BL2 3PR

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  10. Decided17033/23

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 16787/23 FOR ERECTION OF NEW BUILDING ON THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL SITE

    University Technical College 89 - 125 Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AG

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  11. Decided17034/23

    FELLING OF 1NO. OAK

    15 Ravens Holme Bolton BL1 5TN

    Received 21 Oct 2023
  12. Decided17035/23

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE RAISING THE ROOF HEIGHT OF EXTENSION TO REAR TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF FRENCH DOORS AND JULIETTE BALCONY AND THE PAVING OF GARDEN AREA AND RENDERING OF EXTERNAL WALLS

    Coventree Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AR

    Received 21 Oct 2023
  13. Decided17036/23

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY WITH ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR, INCREASE IN RIDGE HEIGHT, LOFT CONVERSION WITH DORMERS TO FRONT ELEVATION TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

    478 Church Road Bolton BL1 5RH

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  14. Decided17037/23

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    Isherwood Fold Barn Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  15. Decided17038/23

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF BUILDING TO FORECOURT

    Lesi Carwash Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6ES

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  16. Decided17039/23

    SITING OF 3NO INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGNS

    Bolton Community College Deane Road Bolton BL3 5BG

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  17. Decided17040/23

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TOGETHER WITH PORCH AT FRONT.

    7 Barcroft Road Bolton BL1 6JA

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  18. Decided17041/23

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

    46 Hawker Avenue Bolton BL3 3AL

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  19. Decided17042/23

    CONVERSION OF OUTHOUSE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF ATTACHED GARAGE

    59 Albert Road West Bolton BL1 5HG

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  20. Decided17043/23

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE /REAR EXTENSIONS TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF EXISTING ATTIC WITH DORMER AT REAR AND TWO STOREY EXTENSION (PORCH) TO FRONT.

    34 Walker Avenue Bolton BL3 2DY

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  21. Decided17044/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 5 (HIMALAYAN BALSAM) 7 (LANDSCAPING SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 12461/21

    LAND ADJACENT ELECTRICITY SUB STATION SLACK LANE WESTHOUGHTON BOLTON

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  22. Decided17045/23

    ERECTION OF A VEHICLE REPAIR GARAGE, OFFICES AND COVERED PARKING AREA WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM BACK TONGE MOORROAD EAST

    Land To The Side Of 108 Tonge Moor Road And North West Of Back Tonge Moor Road East, Back Tonge Moor Road East Bolton

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  23. Deposited17046/23

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (LAND CONTAMINATION) 3 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE)) 4 (SURVEY OF EXISTING CULVERT) 5 (HIMALAYAN BALSAM) 7 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) 8 (MATERIALS) 12 (TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS) 15 (LANDSCAPING SCHEME WITH BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT) 17 (PUBLIC ART) 22 (PILING) ON APPLICATION 15824/23

    Land At Academy Way Lostock Bolton BL6 4GH

    Received 24 Oct 2023
  24. Decided17047/23

    SITING OF ILLUMINATED 48NO. SHEET DIGITAL ADVERTISING DISPLAY

    Land At Chorley New Road And Park Hill Street Junction Chorley New Road Bolton

    Received 24 Oct 2023

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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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