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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
6,662Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 4,994 approved or refused records
943Refused applications

4,051 approved · 943 refused · 158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18182/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.00M LONG; 4.00M MAX HEIGHT; 3.25M EAVES HEIGHT)

    149 Newbrook Road Bolton BL5 1EY

    Received 8 May 2024
  2. Decided18183/24

    INSTALLATION OF 1 NO. AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP TO REAR ELEVATION.

    11 Whitsters Hollow Bolton BL1 6TY

    Received 9 May 2024
  3. Decided18184/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION

    17 Stocks Park Drive Horwich Bolton BL6 6BU

    Received 9 May 2024
  4. Decided18185/24

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

    37 Haseley Close Radcliffe Bolton Manchester M26 3BU

    Received 9 May 2024
  5. Decided18186/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (BRIDGE WORKS) AND 5 (COAL) ON APPLICATION 09775/20

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Little Lever Bolton

    Received 9 May 2024
  6. Decided18187/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH.

    Somerville Bungalow Grizedale Close Bolton BL1 5QX

    Received 9 May 2024
  7. Decided18188/24

    PRUNING OF 3 NO. OAK AND 3 NO. SYCAMORE.

    6 Ravenswood Drive Bolton BL1 5AJ

    Received 9 May 2024
  8. Decided18189/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM ANNEXE.

    125 Dicconson Lane Aspull Bolton Wigan WN2 1QD

    Received 9 May 2024
  9. Decided18190/24

    ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARDEN ROOM.

    Leeward Windy Harbour Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AP

    Received 10 May 2024
  10. Decided18191/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION

    241 Settle Street Bolton BL3 3DN

    Received 10 May 2024
  11. Decided18192/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO PLAYROOM.

    42 Devonshire Road Bolton BL1 4PQ

    Received 10 May 2024
  12. Decided18193/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH DEMOLITION OF A ORIGINAL OUTRIGGER.

    243 Settle Street Bolton BL3 3DN

    Received 10 May 2024
  13. Decided18194/24

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR AND SINGLE EXTENSION TO FRONT AND CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO REAR (RENEWAL OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED APPLICATION 15197/22), TOGETHER WITH REMOVAL OF GARAGE, REGRADING OF REAR GARDEN AND ERECTION OF RETAINING WALLS AND STEPS TO CREATE A TIERED GARDEN AND ERECTION OF NEW BOUNDARY FENCING.

    202 Chapeltown Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AL

    Received 28 Mar 2024
  14. Decided18195/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (3.62M LONG; 3.32M MAX HEIGHT; 3.32M EAVES HEIGHT)

    3 St Aubins Road Bolton BL2 1LW

    Received 10 May 2024
  15. Decided18196/24

    ERECTION OF A FRONT PORCH AND SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF DOUBLE GARAGE INTO A HABITABLE ROOM.

    18 Riefield Bolton BL1 6TA

    Received 10 May 2024
  16. Decided18197/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. BEECH TREES

    16 Farnborough Road Bolton BL1 7HJ

    Received 10 May 2024
  17. Decided18198/24

    PRUNING OF 1NO. SILVER BIRCH TREE

    43 Farnborough Road Bolton BL1 7HJ

    Received 12 May 2024
  18. Decided18199/24

    ERECTION OF A CONTAINER FOR FOOTBALL STORAGE TOGETHER WITH 2 PROTECTIVE BALL STOP 6M FENCES.

    Hilton Community Centre Nuttall Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 5QZ

    Received 12 May 2024
  19. Decided18200/24

    INSTALLATION OF LODGE DWELLING ON SITE

    Chulsey Gate Rumworth Road Lostock Bolton

    Received 12 May 2024
  20. Decided18201/24

    PRUNING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE

    23 Mallard Drive Horwich Bolton BL6 5RN

    Received 12 May 2024
  21. Decided18202/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION TO CREATE TWO FLATS ABOVE A GROUND FLOOR OFFICE.

    1 Church Bank Bolton BL1 1HX

    Received 11 May 2024
  22. Decided18203/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL

    Woodlands Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6RE

    Received 13 May 2024
  23. Decided18204/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING INTO A RESIDENTIAL CHILDRENS HOME WITH 4 NO. STAFF WITH OVERNIGHT ROTA TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A REAR CONSERVATORY.

    23A Whitehall Lane Blackrod Bolton BL6 5DQ

    Received 13 May 2024
  24. Decided18205/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BEECH.

    The Clough Residential Home The Clough Bolton BL1 5BB

    Received 14 May 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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