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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
6,792Searchable applications
50Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,096 approved or refused records
957Refused applications

4,139 approved · 957 refused · 166 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 2022 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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. Decided18489/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM ANCILLARY STORAGE OF TAKEAWAY INTO BURGER AND DESSERT SHOP.

    44 - 46 Manchester Road Kearsley Bolton BL4 8NZ

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  2. Decided18491/24

    SITING OF 2NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGNS AND 2NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGNS

    Costa Coffee 19D Unit 19D The Linkway Horwich Middlebrook Retail And Leisure Park BL6 6JA

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  3. Decided18492/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE.

    8 Green Mill Close Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3GE

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  4. Decided18493/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH A REAR DORMER AND TWO ROOF LIGHTS AT FRONT.

    40 Northfield Street Bolton BL3 5JH

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  5. Decided18494/24

    PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    7 Whittle Grove Bolton BL1 6DE

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  6. Decided18496/24

    RETROSPECTIVE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING.

    10 Somerdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5HS

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  7. Decided18497/24

    PROPOSED LOFT CONVERSION, FORMATION OF FLAT ROOF DORMER TO REAR OF PROPERTY. PROPOSALS INCLUDE FORMATION OF TWO GABLES EITHER SIDE TO MATCH ADJACENT PROPERTIES, FRONT PROJECTION WITH HIP TO REMAIN

    105 Ashworth Lane Bolton BL1 8RR

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  8. Decided18498/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND SUN ROOM TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    1 Stonesteads Way Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9LD

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  9. Decided18499/24

    CHANGE OF USE OF BUILDING FROM CONSERVATIVE CLUB TO 8 DWELLINGS INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION, NEW ROOF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR PARTS OF THE BUILDING, NEW WINDOW OPENINGS ON THE SIDE AND REAR ELEVATIONS, PROVISION OF EXTENDED CAR PARKING AREA AND CREATION OF FORECOURT LIGHTWELLS.

    123 - 125 Church Street Horwich Bolton BL6 7BR

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  10. Decided18500/24

    ERECTION OF A FRONT EXTENSION TO EXISTING WAREHOUSE

    Percy Doughty & Co Express Trading Estate Stone Hill Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 9TN

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  11. Decided18501/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM CAR VAN HIRE TO CAR SALES TOGETHER WITH RE-OPENING OF ACCESS FROM BLACKBURN ROAD AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT BOUNDARY TREATMENT

    Former 369 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8NF

    Received 26 Jun 2024
  12. Decided18502/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE and PRUNING OF 2No. BIRCH TREES, 1No. ELM TREE, 1No. ASH TREE

    11 Globe Lane Egerton Bolton BL7 9TD

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  13. Decided18503/24

    DEMOLITION AND REBUILDING OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TOGEHTER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION

    32 Fourth Avenue Bolton BL1 4LU

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  14. Decided18504/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    The Poplars 3 Beechwood Shady Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AF

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  15. Decided18505/24

    PRUNING OF 2No. BEECH TREES AND 2No. COPPER TREES

    551 Chorley New Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4JT

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  16. Decided18506/24

    PART A; PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE, 2No. WHITE BEAM TREES AND 4No. LIME TREESPART B; FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE

    105 Chapeltown Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AW

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  17. Decided18507/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. OAK TREE and 1No. ASH TREE

    East Bank Heaton Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4EE

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  18. Decided18508/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE WITH ALTERATIONS TO FORM A PITCHED ROOF.

    263 Newbrook Road Atherton Manchester M46 9HB

    Received 27 Jun 2024
  19. Decided18509/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS (PROPOSED) FOR THE USE OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AS A CHILDREN'S HOME (CLASS C2).

    17 Tulip Avenue Farnworth Bolton BL4 0DZ

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  20. Decided18510/24

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

    94 Ellesmere Road Bolton BL3 3JP

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  21. Decided18511/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 5 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 08796/20

    166 Armadale Road Bolton BL3 4TP

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  22. Decided18512/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR WITH WINDOW

    385 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8DE

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  23. Decided18513/24

    ALTERATIONS TO ROOF FROM FLAT TO GABLE TOGETHER WITH RENDER TO FRONT AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS.

    3 Broadway Atherton Bolton Manchester M46 9HW

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  24. Decided18514/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 (WINDOW OPENINGS) ON APPLICATION 06551/19

    523 - 525 Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LB

    Received 28 Jun 2024

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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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