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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
6,861Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,154 approved or refused records
971Refused applications

4,183 approved · 971 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18901/24

    SITING OF A SLURRY LAGOON

    Land West Of Old Kiln Lane Old Kiln Lane Bolton BL6 4LJ

    Received 2 Sept 2024
  2. Decided18902/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO FRONT AND SIDE.

    53 Horseshoe Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9RR

    Received 2 Sept 2024
  3. Decided18903/24

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE and PRUNING OF 1No. HORSE CHESTNUT TREE, 1No. SYCAMORE TREE, 1No. ASH TREE

    263 Leigh Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2JQ

    Received 2 Sept 2024
  4. Decided18904/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO CREATE TWO STOREY DWELLING, BALCONIES TO FRONT AND SIDE AND ALTERATION TO EXISTING EXTERNAL MATERIALS.

    15 Smiths Road Bolton BL3 2PP

    Received 2 Sept 2024
  5. Decided18905/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES) ON APPLICATION 10660/21

    Land To Rear Of Lanskil Shady Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AF

    Received 2 Sept 2024
  6. Decided18908/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 6 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) 7 (CAR PARKING) 10 (ELECTRONIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS) 11 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) 13 (LANDSCAPING) 14 (HERITAGE LINK FOOTPATH) 18 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 11486/21

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

    Received 3 Sept 2024
  7. Decided18909/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE.

    55 Pocket Nook Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4HW

    Received 3 Sept 2024
  8. Decided18911/24

    ERECTION OF ORANGERY TO REAR OF PROPERTY

    14 Stokesby Gardens Lostock Bolton BL6 4QS

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  9. Decided18913/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BARN AND CONJOINED SHEDS

    Wilsons Farm Jacks Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2DJ

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  10. Decided18914/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BARN AT BRINSOP HALL FARM

    Brinsop Hall Farm Brinsop Hall Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NP

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  11. Decided18915/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.90M MAX HEIGHT; 3.00M EAVES HEIGHT)

    2 Rimsdale Walk Bolton BL3 4TT

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  12. Decided18916/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE

    20 Shawbury Close Blackrod Bolton BL6 5TN

    Received 5 Sept 2024
  13. Decided18917/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 13 (TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER) ON APPLICATION 12836/21

    Century Mill George Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9QT

    Received 5 Sept 2024
  14. Decided18918/24

    ERECTION OF SIDE EXTENSION ABOVE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION WITH ADDITIONAL TWO-STORY ELEMENT TO SIDE TO INFILL FRONT CORNER.

    10 Wayfaring Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3UT

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  15. Decided18919/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. WILLOW PRUNING OF 1 NO. CHERRY TREE

    76 Regent Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DE

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  16. Decided18921/24

    CHANGE OF USE OF DWELLINGHOUSE TO CHILDRENS CARE HOME FOR UP TO 3NO. CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH GARAGE CONVERSION AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS

    49 Daisy Hall Drive Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2SA

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  17. Decided18922/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND ERECTION OF A FRONT PORCH TOGETHER WITH SIDE EXTENSION ABOVE EXISTING GARAGE AND TWO-STORY SIDE EXTENSION WITH BALCONY.

    3 Hesketh Park Bolton BL5 2EA

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  18. Decided18923/24

    ERECTION OF 1No. DWELLINGHOUSE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS TO FORM LOUNGE FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING GARAGE

    1 - 3 Scope Oth Lane Bolton BL2 3DP

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  19. Decided18924/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY INFILL EXTENSION TO SIDE ELEVATION

    10 Lee Bank Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HQ

    Received 6 Sept 2024
  20. Decided18925/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES INTO AN ADULT TEACHING PROVISION (CLASS F1) INCLUDING ERECTION OF A LIFT SHAFT TO THE REAR.

    232 - 236 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PH

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  21. Decided18926/24

    CHANGE OF USE TO 2 NO. SELF CONTAINED COMMERCIAL UNITS ON THE GROUND FLOOR TOGETHER WITH A 3 NO. BEDROOM APARTMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

    20 Higher Market Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9AJ

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  22. Decided18928/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL (CLASS E) TO LAUNDERETTE (SUI GENERIS) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF DRYER DUCT

    488 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8PE

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  23. Decided18929/24

    GARAGE CONVERSION TO CREATE HABITABLE SPACE

    5 Bristle Hall Way Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3QA

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  24. Decided18930/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORES (T1, T2), PRUNING OF 1 NO. LIME (T3)

    53 Clarendon Gardens Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9GW

    Received 9 Sept 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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