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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4,172 approved · 970 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18845/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE TOGETHER WITH EXTENSION TO EXISTING FRONT BEDROOM

    17 Greenstone Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 5SJ

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  2. Decided18846/24

    FELLING OF 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    7 Ivy Bank Close Bolton BL1 7EF

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  3. Decided18847/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION TO CREATE A HABITABLE ROOM

    84A Rawson Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7RJ

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  4. Decided18848/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 16770/23

    Land At Chorley Road Wingates Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LZ

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  5. Decided18849/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 2No. LODGES, GAZEBO AND PLAY AREA

    Land At Rear Of 121 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL2 1NU

    Received 21 Aug 2024
  6. Decided18850/24

    FELLING OF 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    9 Lindale Avenue Bolton BL1 5EF

    Received 22 Aug 2024
  7. Decided18851/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. LIME TREE

    1 Devonshire Court Appt No 6 Devonshire Road Bolton BL1 4QN

    Received 22 Aug 2024
  8. Decided18852/24

    FELLING OF 2 NO. ASH TOGETHER WITH 2 LIME AND 1 HORSE CHESTNUT.

    62 New Hall Lane Bolton BL1 5LG

    Received 22 Aug 2024
  9. Decided18853/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM CHILDREN'S NURSERY TO ANCILLARY RESIDENTIAL ANNEX TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO DORMERS, ELEVATIONS AND FENESTRATION

    190 Greenmount Lane Bolton BL1 5JE

    Received 22 Aug 2024
  10. Decided18855/24

    RAISING OF ROOF TO PROVIDE FIRST FLOOR OVER EXISTING BUNGALOW, ROOF LIGHTS TO FRONT ELEVATION, ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW OPENINGS AND RENDERING TO PROPERTY.

    7 Lindale Avenue Bolton BL1 5EF

    Received 23 Aug 2024
  11. Decided18856/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    25 Woodfield Street Bolton BL3 2HD

    Received 23 Aug 2024
  12. Decided18857/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO FRONT

    10 Milverton Close Lostock Bolton BL6 4RR

    Received 23 Aug 2024
  13. Decided18859/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    16 Marlwood Road Bolton BL1 5QT

    Received 26 Aug 2024
  14. Decided18860/24

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

    46 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HF

    Received 26 Aug 2024
  15. Decided18861/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. ASH TREE

    Bryants Farm Lostock Junction Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4JN

    Received 26 Aug 2024
  16. Decided18862/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE-STOREY/ PART TWO-STOREY EXTENSION AT THE FRONT, SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    21 Vigo Avenue Bolton BL3 3TE

    Received 26 Aug 2024
  17. Decided18865/24

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN INTERNAL STAIRCASE TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING INFILLING OF EXISTING DOORWAY AND WALLS TO ENCLOSE STAIRCASE

    46 Deansgate Bolton BL1 1BH

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  18. Decided18866/24

    FELLING OF 3No. ASH TREES

    11 Albert Road Bolton BL1 5HE

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  19. Decided18867/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH A REAR DORMER

    9 Briksdal Way Lostock Bolton BL6 4PQ

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  20. Decided18868/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE AND 1No. GOAT WILLOW TREE

    West Field Foxholes Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6AJ

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  21. Decided18869/24

    CHANGE OF USE TO MIXED USE OFFICES AND 4NO. BEDROOM HMO ALONG WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ERECTION OF 2.4M HIGH WALL

    Triangle Works Back Darwin Street Bolton BL1 3PR

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  22. Decided18870/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/ PART TWO-STOREY REAR EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

    330 Bridgeman Street Bolton BL3 6SJ

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  23. Decided18872/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 15213/22 (VARIATION TO FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION ON EXISTING APPROVED FOOTPRINT).

    Leigh Tenement Farm Blackrod Bypass Blackrod Bolton BL6 5RS

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  24. Decided18873/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE TO BANKING HUB TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO THE REAR ELEVATION AND INSTALLATION OF EXTERNAL CONDENSER

    Boardroom 85 - 87 Market Street Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3AA

    Received 27 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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