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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
6,879Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,171 approved or refused records
976Refused applications

4,195 approved · 976 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18981/24

    RETROPSECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 (APPROVED PLANS) AND 4 (MATERIALS) ON PLANNING PERMISSION 18135/24 TO ALLOW MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT

    Westhoughton High County Secondary School Bolton Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3BZ

    Received 18 Sept 2024
  2. Decided18982/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 6 (NOISE - DETAILS PRIOR TO OCCUPATION) ON APPLICATION 09223/20

    87 - 89 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2BY

    Received 18 Sept 2024
  3. Decided18983/24

    RETROSPECTIVE CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLINGHOUSE INTO A 7 BED HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPATION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO BASEMENT LEVEL

    102 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 3AE

    Received 18 Sept 2024
  4. Decided18984/24

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

    4 Glentress Mews Bolton BL1 5JS

    Received 18 Sept 2024
  5. Decided18985/24

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR WITH RENDERED FINISH

    16 Sedgefield Drive Bolton BL1 6ND

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  6. Decided18986/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORE

    33 Sandhill Close Bolton BL3 2UB

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  7. Decided18987/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN - HIGHWAY CONDITION SURVEY) ON APPLICATION 13040/22

    Land South Of Freshfield Avenue Freshfield Avenue Bolton

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  8. Decided18988/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.

    3 Spindle Croft Farnworth Bolton BL4 9AN

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  9. Decided18989/24

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (ACCESS, LAYOUT, LANDSCAPING, APPEARANCE AND SCALE) PURSUANT TO APPLICATION 16776/23 FOR THE SITE WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS COMPRISING ESTATE ROADS, PRIMARY SUBSTATION, FOUL AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE, PATHS AND LANDSCAPE PLANTING AND SUBMISSIONS TO SATISFY CONDITIONS 2 (RESERVED MATTERS), 3 (PHASING), 5 (GROUND LEVELS), 9 (DRAINAGE), 10 (LANDSCAPING), 11 (NOISE), 12 (SUSTAINABILITY), 13 (ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING) AND 19 (EXTERNAL LIGHTING)

    Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3LY

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  10. Decided18990/24

    FULL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 8 (SITE WIDE DRAINAGE), 23 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES), 26 (LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT AREAS), 27 (PHASING/EXTENT OF WORKS), 28 (DETAILS OF EARTHWORKS), 32 (SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN), 36 (REASONABLE AVOIDANCE MEASURES) AND PARTIAL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 29 (CEMP - EARTHWORKS) FOR ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT AREA AND REMOVAL OF PONDS, TREES AND HEDGEROWS ONLY AND 30 (GROUND CONDITION/CONTAMINATION - SCHEME OF REMEDIATION) ON APPLICATION 16776/23 (AS AMENDED BY NMA 18688/24)

    Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  11. Decided18991/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION

    16 Shorefield Mount Egerton Bolton BL7 9EN

    Received 19 Sept 2024
  12. Decided18992/24

    FELLING OF 1 ASH and PRUNING OF 2 NO. HORSE CHESTNUT, 2 NO. SYCAMORE

    787 Belmont Road Bolton BL1 7BY

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  13. Decided18993/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 15620/23

    Markland Farm Grimeford Lane Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LD

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  14. Decided18994/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE AGRICULTURE TO EQUESTRIAN

    Land At South West Corner Of Land Farm Hindley Road Bolton BL5 2DU

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  15. Decided18995/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT DETAILS), 5 (REFUSE AND WASTE MATERIALS STORAGE) AND 6 (WINDOW SPECIFICATION) ON APPLICATION 17700/24

    409 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8DE

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  16. Decided18996/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (PART IV) (LAND CONTAMINATION) ON APPLICATION 05944/19

    Former Roscoe's Farm Bolton Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3DX

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  17. Decided18997/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROPOSED (S192) EXTENSION AT REAR.

    10 Bleasdale Close Lostock Bolton BL6 4NE

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  18. Decided18999/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED,INSTALLATION OF A MONO PITCHED DORMER AT REAR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING OPENINGS

    88 Eskdale Avenue Blackrod Bolton BL6 5SF

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  19. Decided19000/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO FORM A TWO STOREY DWELLINGHOUSE

    91 Markland Hill Bolton BL1 5EQ

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  20. Decided19001/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION.

    119 Hill Cot Road Bolton BL1 8RW

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  21. Decided19002/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION ABOVE EXISTING FRONT GARAGE TO FORM SWIMMING POOL/SPA FACILITIES.

    Pike View 10 Factory Hill Horwich Bolton BL6 6RZ

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  22. Decided19003/24

    FELLING OF 2 NO. ASH

    Windy Harbour House Windy Harbour Lane Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9AP

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  23. Decided19004/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED FLAT ROOFED DORMER AT REAR

    16 Thomas Holden Street Bolton BL1 2QG

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  24. Decided19007/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME), 6 (CRIME IMPACT STATEMENT) AND 9 (BIODIVERSITY) ON APPLICATION 13347/22

    Bolton Community College Deane Road Bolton BL3 5BG

    Received 23 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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