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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
6,845Searchable applications
51Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,141 approved or refused records
970Refused applications

4,171 approved · 970 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18795/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    9 Houghton Fold Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3JX

    Received 13 Aug 2024
  2. Decided18796/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A PORCH CANOPY TO FRONT.

    65 Sharples Avenue Bolton BL1 7HE

    Received 13 Aug 2024
  3. Decided18797/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 10 (LAND REMEDIATION - VERIFIED PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION) ON APPLICATION 09223/20

    87 - 89 St Georges Road Bolton

    Received 13 Aug 2024
  4. Decided18798/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    372 Manchester Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5BQ

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  5. Decided18799/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE

    4 Melbourne Close Horwich Bolton BL6 6DL

    Received 13 Aug 2024
  6. Decided18800/24

    ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.

    Land Adjacent 462 Manchester Road Manchester Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5SU

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  7. Decided18801/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM 1NO. MIXED RETAIL/CAFE (SUI GENERIS) TO 2NO. RETAIL (CLASSES E(A)) TOGETHER WITH NEW SHOP FRONT TO ONE UNIT AND NEW ROLLER SHUTTERS ON EACH.

    130 - 132 Newport Street Bolton BL3 6AB

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  8. Decided18802/24

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 09862/20 (OMISSION OF 1NO ROAD BELLMOUTH AND REPLACEMENT OF LANDSCAPING AND STANDARD KERBING ALL ADJACENT TO THE NORTH-EASTERN SITE BOUNDARY, AND REPLACEMENT WITH DROPPED KERBING AND PAVEMENT TO GIVE ACCESS TO DRIVEWAYS OF NEW PROPERTIES ON ADJACENT SITE. REPLACEMENT OF ORIGINALLY PROPOSED PRE-CAST STONE PARAPET COPING TO DWELLING ROOFS WITH ALUMINIUM POWDER COATED EDGE TRIM CAPPING)

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

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  9. Decided18803/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL UNITS INTO STORAGE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE

    Leigh Tenement Farm Blackrod Bypass Blackrod Bolton BL6 5RS

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  10. Decided18805/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO CHILDRENS CARE HOME

    30 Pear Tree Drive Farnworth Bolton BL4 9RR

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  11. Decided18806/24

    RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM

    443 Hough Fold Way Bolton BL2 3PY

    Received 14 Aug 2024
  12. Decided18807/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 2 NO BEECH

    Street Record Ennerdale Gardens Bolton

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  13. Decided18808/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE (ID 26128)

    21 Stansfield Close Bolton BL2 6BQ

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  14. Decided18809/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. ASH (ID 7507)

    23 Hypatia Street Bolton BL2 6AA

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  15. Decided18810/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. LIME (ID 27188)

    2 The Avenue Bolton BL2 1NX

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  16. Decided18811/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO LARCH

    20 Dewham Close Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3GR

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  17. Decided18812/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. LARCH (ID 12857) and PRUNING OF 1 NO. LARCH (ID 4983)

    22 Dewham Close Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3GR

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  18. Decided18813/24

    ERECTION OF A PORCH CANOPY TO FRONT TOGETHER WITH TWO STOREY EXTENSION, PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    8 Broadway Atherton Bolton Manchester M46 9HW

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  19. Decided18814/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT FRONT

    63 Sharples Avenue Bolton BL1 7HE

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  20. Decided18815/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ADDITION OF A NEW WC WINDOW

    29 Mayfield Avenue Farnworth Bolton BL4 9NY

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  21. Decided18816/24

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 14930/22 FOR THE ERECTION OF A 3-STOREY PURPOSE BUILT MULTI-FAITH PRIMARY SCHOOL (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING AND LAYOUT DETAILS)

    Former Jubilee Day Centre And Pool Darley Street Bolton BL1 3DX

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  22. Decided18817/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 & 3 (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 16770/23

    Land At Chorley Road Wingates Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  23. Decided18818/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 16 (SOIL IMPORTATION) ON APPLICATION 12412/21

    Land South Of Inverbeg Drive Inverbeg Drive Bolton

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  24. Decided18819/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION.

    10 Briarfield Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0HD

    Received 15 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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