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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
6,820Searchable applications
50Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,120 approved or refused records
963Refused applications

4,157 approved · 963 refused · 166 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 2022 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18649/24

    ERECTION OF ADDITIONAL HV TRANSFORMER SUB STATIONS AND LV SWITCH PANEL ENCLOSURES TOGETHER WITH UNDERGROUND POWER DISTRIBUTION, LIGHTING, EXTERNAL CHARGING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED MINOR CIVILS

    Diamond Bus North West Bus Depot Weston Street Bolton BL3 2AW

    Received 19 Jul 2024
  2. Decided18651/24

    FELLING OF 1No. CONIFER TREE

    7 Ainsworth Square Bolton BL1 3HQ

    Received 19 Jul 2024
  3. Decided18652/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE

    The Old Vicarage Bolton Road Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3EU

    Received 19 Jul 2024
  4. Decided18653/24

    FELLING OF 4No. ASH TREES AND 1No. ROWAN TREE

    Street Record Bentley Court Farnworth Bolton

    Received 19 Jul 2024
  5. Decided18654/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 7 NO. BEDROOMED HOUSE IN MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (HMO) (SUI GENERIS)

    24 Castle Street Bolton BL2 1AA

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  6. Decided18655/24

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

    241 Longfield Road Bolton BL3 3SY

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  7. Decided18656/24

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND PORCH AT FRONT

    15 Kearsley Drive Bolton BL3 2PG

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  8. Decided18657/24

    ERECTION OF A PITCHED ROOF OVER THE EXISTING FLAT ROOF ON THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

    5 Shaftesbury Avenue Lostock Bolton BL6 4AP

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  9. Decided18659/24

    ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO FRONT AND REAR DORMERS TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR.

    35 Baron Walk Little Lever Bolton BL3 1LD

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  10. Decided18660/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION

    10 Poppy Close Bolton BL2 3PQ

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  11. Decided18662/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TO FORM EXTENDED RETAIL PREMISES WITH THREE TWO BEDROOM FLATS WITH FOUR PARKING SPACES TO THE REAR

    68 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HH

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  12. Decided18663/24

    PRUNING OF 3No.WHITE POPLAR 1No. SELFSEEDED POPLARS

    10 Raikes Way Bolton BL3 1SU

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  13. Decided18664/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR(6.00M LONG; 3.50M MAX HEIGHT; 2.50M EAVES HEIGHT)

    349 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2NA

    Received 23 Jul 2024
  14. Decided18668/24

    SITING OF AN ADDITIONAL DROPPED KERBS TO THE FRONT OF PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE

    112 Bradshaw Road Bolton BL2 3EW

    Received 23 Jul 2024
  15. Decided18671/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 (LANDSCAPE WORKS), 8 (VEHICLE AREAS), 9 (BIN STORAGE) AND 11 (PRIVACY SCREENS) ON APPLICATION 14459/22

    364 Tempest Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4HS

    Received 24 Jul 2024
  16. Decided18693/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM PUBLIC HOUSE TO 24 NO. BEDROOMED HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (HMO) (CLASS C4) TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL STOREY AND THREE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    Park Hotel 259 Bridgeman Street Bolton BL3 6RR

    Received 26 Jul 2024
  17. Decided18699/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 20 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 91673/14

    Plot 2 Grundy Fold Farm Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6QA

    Received 26 Jul 2024
  18. Decided18704/24

    ERECTION OF A DETACHED BUNGALOW ON LAND TO THE REAR (NORTH) OF 26 HARROWBY STREET, WITH ACCESS BEING TAKEN OFF HARROWBY STREET FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION 15146/22

    Land North Of Harrowby Street Harrowby Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7BU

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  19. Decided18706/24

    JOINT APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO REAR OF 2 AND 4 SHARMAN STREET

    2 And 4 Sharman Street Bolton BL3 2RA

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  20. Decided18712/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH AND 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    94 Vale Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 5RG

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  21. Decided18713/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    38 Southfield Drive Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2PP

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  22. Decided18714/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 (CYCLE PARKING) AND 9 (NOISE) ON APPLICATION 12925/22

    106 - 108 Derby Street Bolton BL3 6HG

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  23. Decided18715/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY REAR PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED OUTBUILDING

    80 Platt Hill Avenue Bolton BL3 4JU

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  24. Decided18716/24

    INSTALLATION OF 13NO 8M HIGH EXTERNAL LIGHTING COLUMNS

    Suez's Higher Swan Lane Workshop Higher Swan Lane Bolton BL3 3BL

    Received 30 Jul 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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