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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
6,865Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,158 approved or refused records
974Refused applications

4,184 approved · 974 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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. Decided18931/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING CONSERVATORY

    32 School Street Little Lever Bolton BL3 1NH

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  2. Decided18932/24

    EXTENSION TO FRONT DORMER

    17 Fairway Avenue Bolton BL2 4ER

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  3. Decided18933/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    185 Hamel Street Bolton BL3 3AR

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  4. Decided18934/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. BIRCH (T2),PRUNING OF 5 NO. BIRCH (T1, T4, T6, T9, T10) andPRUNING OF 2 NO. MAPLE (T3, T5)PRUNING OF 3 NO. WILLOW (T7, T8, T11)

    Wanstead Lostock Lane Lostock Bolton BL6 4BP

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  5. Decided18935/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 1 (CONTAMINATED LAND - VERIFICATION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 16063/23

    Units 40-44 Waters Meeting Britannia Way Bolton BL2 2HH

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  6. Decided18936/24

    CHANGE OF USE OF DWELLING TO SHOP AT GROUND FLOOR AND FLAT AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSIONS, DORMER TO REAR AND GARAGE TO REAR

    165 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  7. Decided18937/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 1 (LAND CONTAMINATION - VERIFICATION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 16042/23

    Units 45-49 Waters Meeting Britannia Way Bolton BL2 2HH

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  8. Decided18938/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION WITH BALCONY TO REAR TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND SOLAR PANELS

    12 Dimple Park Egerton Bolton BL7 9QE

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  9. Decided18939/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO 4NO. BED HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMO)

    48 Castle Street Bolton BL2 1AE

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  10. Decided18940/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH

    1 Pennine Mews Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3AD

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  11. Decided18942/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (NOISE) ON APPLICATION 18147/24

    Ground Floor 304 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8DU

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  12. Decided18943/24

    PART CHANGE OF USE OF AMUSEMENT CENTRE TO SHOP (CLASS E) TOGETHER WITH NEW SHOP FRONTAGE AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO FRONT AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO REAR TO INCLUDE A REAR SHOP ENTRANCE TOGETHER WITH MESH ROLLER SHUTTERS TO FRONT AND REAR.

    47 - 49 Brackley Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9DS

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  13. Decided18944/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 6 (MATERIALS AND OTHER DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 18207/24

    Former Eden Boys School Cotton Street Bolton BL1 3JN

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  14. Decided18945/24

    FELLING OF 2No. HOLLY TREES

    Oak House Knowsley Grange Bolton BL1 5DQ

    Received 10 Sept 2024
  15. Decided18946/24

    ERECTION OF A FRONT AND REAR DORMER

    42 Ascot Road Little Lever Bolton BL3 1ED

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  16. Decided18947/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR TOGETHER WITH FENESTRATION ALTERATION

    11 Philips Avenue Farnworth Bolton BL4 9BJ

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  17. Decided18948/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR LEAN-TO EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING LAYOUT.

    257 Manchester Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5AZ

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  18. Decided18949/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S191) FOR THE EXISTING USE OF DWELLING AS 5 NO.SELF CONTAINED FLATS

    7 Bradford Street Bolton BL2 1HT

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  19. Decided18950/24

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 15705/23 FOR THE ERECTION OF 10 DWELLINGS AND THE ASSOCIATED WORKS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT, SCALE AND DESIGN)

    Land To West Of Dobb Brow Road Dobb Brow Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2AZ

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  20. Decided18951/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S191) FOR THE EXISTING USE OF DWELLING AS 5NO.SELF CONTAINED FLATS

    9 Bradford Street Bolton BL2 1HT

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  21. Decided18952/24

    FELLING OF 5 NO. ASH (T1, T3, T4, T5, T6), PRUNING OF 1 NO. ASH (T2), PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE(T7), (T6 ASH - POLLARD TREE TO MAIN UNION. TREE HAS ASH DIEBACK. LEAVING STEM FOR WILDLIFE).

    Westbank Heaton Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4EE

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  22. Decided18953/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. BIRCH TREE AND 1No. OAK TREE

    3 Handley Gardens Bolton BL1 5GR

    Received 12 Sept 2024
  23. Decided18954/24

    ERECTION OF 2NO. SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS

    Lanskil Shady Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AF

    Received 12 Sept 2024
  24. Decided18955/24

    PRUNING OF 3 NO. BEECH

    120B Radcliffe Road Bolton BL2 1NA

    Received 13 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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