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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
6,769Searchable applications
53Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,082 approved or refused records
956Refused applications

4,126 approved · 956 refused · 163 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18412/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH GARAGE

    Greenways 1 Manor Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6AR

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  2. Decided18413/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE

    29 Devonshire Road Bolton BL1 4PG

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  3. Decided18414/24

    RETENTION OF DORMER AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED APPLICATION 11887/21

    50 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DQ

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  4. Decided18415/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 12 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) IN RELATION TO PLOTS 14 - 18 ON APPLICATION 09485/20

    Garnet Fold Farm 684 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3SS

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  5. Decided18416/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNING OF 1 NO. WILLOW, 1NO. MAPLE, 1NO. CONIFER, 1NO. BEECH HEDGE WITH SAPLING ASH.

    Friends Meeting House 50 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP

    Received 12 Jun 2024
  6. Decided18417/24

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

    54 Myrrh Walk Bolton BL1 8XF

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  7. Decided18418/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (HMO) TO FORM 2NO. ONE BED FLAT AND 1NO. STUDIO FLAT

    171 Park Road Bolton BL1 4RG

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  8. Decided18420/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    68 Lorne Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7LW

    Received 13 Jun 2024
  9. Decided18422/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM EQUESTRIAN TO DOG WALKING AND EXERCISE FIELD

    Stable And Premises Jacks Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2DJ

    Received 14 Jun 2024
  10. Decided18423/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT TOGETHER WITH A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR.

    36 Brian Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JD

    Received 14 Jun 2024
  11. Decided18424/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. HAWTHORN and 1 CHERRY PLUM

    32 Farleigh Close Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3ES

    Received 14 Jun 2024
  12. Decided18426/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED OUTBUILDING.

    6 Romney Chase Bolton BL1 6RZ

    Received 15 Jun 2024
  13. Decided18427/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND PORCH AT FRONT

    149 Newbrook Road Bolton BL5 1EY

    Received 15 Jun 2024
  14. Decided18428/24

    PRUNE 1 NO. ASH

    10 Old Kiln Lane Bolton BL1 5PD

    Received 15 Jun 2024
  15. Decided18429/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    10 Dearncamme Close Bolton BL2 3FT

    Received 15 Jun 2024
  16. Decided18430/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. ASH, 3 NO. SYCAMORE AND 1 NO. OAK.

    15 Thorneyholme Close Lostock Bolton BL6 4BZ

    Received 15 Jun 2024
  17. Decided18431/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT SIDE AND REAR TOGETHER WITH INCREASE IN RIDGE HEIGTH TO ACCOMMODATE LOFT CONVERSION

    14 Parkway Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2RY

    Received 17 Jun 2024
  18. Decided18432/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO OPPOSITE SIDE.

    6 Oak Gates Egerton Bolton BL7 9TQ

    Received 17 Jun 2024
  19. Deposited18433/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (LAND CONTAMINATION), 3 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) AND 7 (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 11438/21.

    Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5UE

    Received 17 Jun 2024
  20. Decided18434/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT TOGETHER WITH ROOF LIGHTS

    Eatocks Farm 95 Markland Hill Bolton BL1 5EQ

    Received 17 Jun 2024
  21. Decided18436/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (CONTAMINATED LAND - PARTS III, IV AND V) ON APPLICATION 08445/20

    Knowles Barn Fleet Street Horwich Bolton BL6 6BB

    Received 18 Jun 2024
  22. Decided18437/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 2.90M MAX HEIGHT; 2.80M EAVES HEIGHT)

    2 Kingholm Gardens Bolton BL1 3DJ

    Received 18 Jun 2024
  23. Decided18438/24

    PRUNING OF LAUREL AND HOLLY HEDGE

    1 Lakeside Bolton Road Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3EU

    Received 18 Jun 2024
  24. Decided18439/24

    PROPOSED WORKS OF SITE LEVELLING TO REAR FOR INSTALLATION OF BASEMENT AND EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TOGETHER WITH A TWO STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION WITH ADJOINING BALCONY AND LOFT CONVERSION.

    22 The Glen Bolton BL1 5DB

    Received 18 Jun 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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