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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
6,825Searchable applications
51Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,124 approved or refused records
965Refused applications

4,159 approved · 965 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Decided18744/24

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/ PART TWO REAR EXTENSION, TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH FRONT HARD LANDSCAPING

    29 Lee Bank Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HQ

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  2. Decided18745/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 17015/23

    1 Shorefield Mount Egerton Bolton BL7 9EN

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  3. Decided18746/24

    PRUNING OF 2No. SYCAMORE TREES AND 1No. BEECH TREE

    3 Stanrose Villas Briggs Fold Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SF

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  4. Decided18747/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND REAR DORMER.

    89 Musgrave Road Bolton BL1 4HN

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  5. Decided18748/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE CLASS (E(a) SHOP TO CLASS E (b) CAFE/COFFEE SHOP WITH INTERNAL SEATING

    134 Belmont Road Bolton BL1 7AN

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  6. Decided18749/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION AT THE SIDE OF NO 62 TOGETHER WITH PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AT NO 60

    60 And 62 Lakeside Avenue Bolton BL3 2HY

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  7. Decided18750/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3NO. TIMBER BUILDINGS TO THE CURTILAGE OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BEER GARDEN

    548 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8BP

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  8. Decided18751/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND FRONT TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    29 Lavender Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0EB

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  9. Decided18752/24

    PRUNING OF 2NO. SYCAMORE.

    12 Beech Close Bolton BL2 3EB

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  10. Decided18753/24

    ERECTION OF A MAINTENANCE BUILDING ADJACENT TO EXISTING TRAINING ACCOMMODATION

    Bolton Wanderers Football Academy Lostock Hall Farm Ox Hey Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4BS

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  11. Decided18754/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE

    6 The Heights Horwich Bolton BL6 6LL

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  12. Decided18755/24

    PRUNING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE

    10 Beech Close Bolton BL2 3EB

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  13. Decided18756/24

    PRUNING OF 1NO. BEECH

    34 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DQ

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  14. Decided18757/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OUTHOUSE FARM STRUCTURE TO 1NO. SINGLE DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH SIDE EXTENSION AND LANDSCAPING

    Poplars Farm 5 Wingates Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LS

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  15. Decided18758/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. LIME TREE

    6 Glentress Mews Bolton BL1 5JS

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  16. Decided18759/24

    RETROSPECTIVE CARPORT INSTALLATION AT REAR

    146 Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5QW

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  17. Decided18760/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A FRONT PORCH AND SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION.

    22 Mountmorres Close Bolton BL5 1HT

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  18. Decided18761/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO SYCAMORE.

    13 Mossdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5YA

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  19. Decided18762/24

    FELLING OF 1NO. OAK TREE TO GROUND LEVEL

    26 Lostock Junction Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4JR

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  20. Decided18763/24

    FELL 2No. ASH TREES and PRUNE 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    8 Clarendon Gardens Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9GX

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  21. Decided18764/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN OUTBUILDING

    Beehive Garage Chorley New Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4LW

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  22. Decided18765/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BARN WITH YORKSHIRE BOARDING

    Sunny Brow Wingates Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LP

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  23. Decided18766/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF TWO STOREY FRONT AND SIDE EXTENSION

    30 Greystoke Drive Bolton BL1 7DW

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  24. Decided18767/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIION 5 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS) ON APPLICATION 17209/23

    Queensbridge Primary School 117 St Germain Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7BQ

    Received 8 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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