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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
6,846Searchable applications
51Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,142 approved or refused records
970Refused applications

4,172 approved · 970 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18820/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 12 RELATING TO BLOCKS 3-12 (LAND CONTAMINATION)) ON APPLICATION 17137/23

    Former Moor Lane Bus Station Moor Lane Bolton

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  2. Decided18821/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    20 Dijon Street Bolton BL3 4AU

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  3. Decided18822/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH DORMER.

    31 Ellesmere Road Bolton BL3 3JT

    Received 15 Aug 2024
  4. Decided18823/24

    CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION AND A DORMER TO REAR

    59 Wyndham Avenue Bolton BL3 4LG

    Received 16 Aug 2024
  5. Decided18824/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE TO VEHICLE STORAGE AND REPAIR

    121 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL2 1NU

    Received 16 Aug 2024
  6. Decided18825/24

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

    15 Cherry Tree Way Bolton BL2 3BS

    Received 16 Aug 2024
  7. Decided18826/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    12 Lindale Avenue Bolton BL1 5EF

    Received 16 Aug 2024
  8. Decided18827/24

    JOINT APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSIONS TO 149 AND 151 DEVONSHIRE ROAD

    149 And 151 Devonshire Road Devonshire Road Bolton BL1 5LD

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  9. Decided18828/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE PROPOSED SITING OF A HARDSTANDING AREA FOR USE AS PARKING AND STORAGE

    Land South Of Slack Lane Slack Lane Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  10. Decided18829/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 10 (SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE) 11 (ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT) 13 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES) 20 (GREAT CRESTED NEWT) ON APPLICATION 13374/22

    Tarmac Building Materials Ltd Stopes Road Little Lever Bolton BL3 1NN

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  11. Decided18830/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 15775/23

    Land South West Of Moss Lane Moss Lane Blackrod Bolton

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  12. Decided18832/24

    PROPOSED ERECTION OF THREE HOUSES

    Land At Rear Of Holly Street Bolton BL1 8QT

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  13. Decided18833/24

    SITING OF 1No. FASCIA SIGN, 1No. PROJECTING SIGN TO FRONT ELEVATION TOGETHER WITH 1No. INTERNAL HANGING SIGN

    145 Deane Plaza Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AH

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  14. Decided18834/24

    PART A; PRUNING OF 25No. LIME TREES AND 1No. SYCAMORE TREEPART B; FELLING OF 1No. RHODODENDRON TREE AND 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    Walmsley Parish Hall Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SA

    Received 19 Aug 2024
  15. Decided18835/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    Shorefield House Dunscar Fold Egerton Bolton BL7 9EH

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  16. Awaiting decision18836/24

    T1 LIME -PRUNINGT2 SYCAMORE- PRUNING, T3 SYCAMORE- PRUNING

    Dunscar House Dunscar Fold Egerton Bolton BL7 9EH

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  17. Decided18837/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREEFELLING OF 1 NO. ASH

    9 Chadwick Street Bolton BL2 1JN

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  18. Decided18838/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE

    141 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4JB

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  19. Decided18839/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING DOOR

    1 Tabley Road Bolton BL3 4BR

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  20. Decided18840/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLING TO TWO SELF CONTAINED FLATS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO THE REAR

    33 Worcester Street Bolton BL1 3NH

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  21. Decided18841/24

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 14055/22 (PROPOSED REMEDIATION STRATEGY PHASE 3 TO PROVIDE HI-VIS MEMBRANE AND 600MM CLEAN INERT SUBSOIL IN LIEU OF PROVIDING 100MM MINIMUM MOT 1 CLEAN STONE)

    Land At Avenue Street Bolton

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  22. Decided18842/24

    ERECTION OF 3No. DWELLING HOUSES

    Land At Junction Of Mottram Street And Captain Street Captain Street Horwich Bolton

    Received 20 Aug 2024
  23. Decided18843/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING TO CHILDREN'S CAREHOME

    40 Lever Edge Lane Bolton BL3 3HU

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  24. Decided18844/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (GROUND LEVELS) 4 (MATERIALS) 5 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) 7 (VEHICULAR AREAS) 9 (EV CHARGING) 10 (LANDSCAPING) 11 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) ON APPLICATION 18075/24

    LAND BETWEEN 92 & 104 Greenbarn Way Blackrod Bolton BL6 5TE

    Received 21 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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