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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
6,821Searchable 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4,157 approved · 963 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18717/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION/ENERGISATION OF SOLAR PV MODULES ON ROOF OF THE DETAILED WAREHOUSE

    Unit C4 Leadbeaters Lane Bolton BL5 1FL

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  2. Decided18718/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. LIME TREE, 1No. SYCAMORE TREE AND 1No. BEECH TREE

    Vale Farm Cottage Vale Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 5RG

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  3. Decided18719/24

    PRUNING OF 4No. SYCAMORE TREES

    13 Dewhurst Clough Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9TY

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  4. Decided18720/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE / PART TWO-STOREY FRONT EXTENSION AND A PART SINGLE / PART TWO-STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    270 Rishton Lane Bolton BL3 2EH

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  5. Decided18721/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 6 (CONTAMINATED LAND - PART IV - COMPLETION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 12840/21

    41 Meadow Close Little Lever Bolton BL3 1LG

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  6. Decided18722/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    12 Pendennis Avenue Lostock Bolton BL6 4RS

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  7. Decided18723/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 12836/21

    Century Mill George Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9QT

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  8. Decided18725/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH A FRONT PORCH, CANOPY AND GARAGE CONVERSION

    5 Oxford Close Farnworth Bolton BL4 0NF

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  9. Decided18726/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    20 Maplewood Gardens Bolton BL1 3NR

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  10. Decided18728/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    11 Victoria Grove Bolton BL1 4JW

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  11. Decided18729/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING WORKSHOP AND OFFICE AND ERECTION OF 1NO. 3BED DETACHED BUNGALOW WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE

    Former Timberyard And Sawmill Hollins Plodder Lane Bolton BL4 0LF

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  12. Decided18730/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR RAISED DECKING TO THE FRONT OF RESTAURANT TOGETHER WITH RETRACTABLE STEEL FRAMED CANOPIES

    Dale House 61 - 63 New Hall Lane Bolton BL1 5LW

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  13. Decided18731/24

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR REAR SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH GARAGE CONVERSION

    12 Tarbet Drive Bolton BL2 6LT

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  14. Decided18733/24

    FELLING OF 1No. CHERRY TREE

    9 Oaks Lane Bolton BL2 3BR

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  15. Decided18734/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE

    22 Kibbles Brow Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9PD

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  16. Decided18735/24

    FELLING OF 1No. OAK TREE

    19 Birchfield Bolton BL2 4AH

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  17. Decided18736/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS TO THE ROOF OF BUILDING

    Unit C5 Leadbeaters Lane Bolton BL5 1FL

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  18. Decided18737/24

    ERECTION OF 43N0. DWELLINGS CONSISTING OF 10NO. APARTMENTS AND 33NO. HOUSES TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED HIGHWAYS AND LANDSCAPING WORKS

    Land At Roxalina Street Roxalina Street Bolton BL3 6PW

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  19. Decided18738/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 3 (CONSTRUCTION METHOD STATEMENT) AND 6 (INVASIVE SPECIES) ON APPLICATION 11855/21

    Woodlands Chorley Old Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6RE

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  20. Decided18739/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM USE CLASS E TO USE CLASS C DWELLINGHOUSES (1 DWELLING)

    70 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1QQ

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  21. Decided18740/24

    FELLING OF 4No. LEYLANDII TREES 1No. LIME TREE, 1No. LARCH TREE AND 3No. MAPLE TREES and PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE AND 1No. MAPLE TREE

    Morada Playfair Street Bolton BL1 7LB

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  22. Decided18741/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 5 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 8 (VISIBILITY SPLAY) AND 11 (BOUNDARY DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 16707/23

    Land Between Boundary Street And Back Boundary Street Boundary Street Bolton

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  23. Decided18742/24

    INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE PARTIAL GARAGE CONVERSION INTO HABITABLE ROOM

    22 Mossdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5YA

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  24. Decided18743/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    36 Kinloch Drive Bolton BL1 4LZ

    Received 5 Aug 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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