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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
6,898Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,188 approved or refused records
979Refused applications

4,209 approved · 979 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19090/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL TO FORM A MIXED USE 12 BED HMO AND RETAIL/STORAGE (SUI GENERIS) AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR AND GROUND FLOOR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO REAR FENESTRATION

    Pindoria Superstore Gilnow Road Bolton BL1 4LL

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  2. Decided19091/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION, SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, BALCONIES TO FRONT AND REAR, ALTERATIONS TO ROOF HEIGHT, MATERIAL CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS TO INCLUDE PILLARS TO FRONT ELEVATION. INSTALLATION OF 2 METRE HIGH GATES TO FRONT ENTRANCE.

    Kimberworth Markland Hill Bolton BL1 5AL

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  3. Decided19092/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE (C3) TO FORM CHILDRENS CAREHOME (C2) TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND DORMER TO THE REAR

    375 Hulton Lane Bolton BL3 4LH

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  4. Decided19093/24

    ERECTION OF ATTACHED GARAGE TO SIDE OF PROPERTY

    78 St Georges Avenue Bolton BL5 2EU

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  5. Decided19094/24

    PART A - PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, AND 2 NO LIMEPART B - FELLING OF 2 NO HOLLY

    39 Sharples Hall Mews Bolton BL1 7HL

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  6. Decided19095/24

    SITING OF HARDSTANDING TO FORM VEHICULAR TURNING HEAD TOGETHER WITH THE ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING

    Kearsley Mill Crompton Road Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton Manchester M26 1RH

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  7. Decided19096/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 19 (SITE INVESTIGATION) 20 (REMEDIATION/EARTHWORKS) 35 (DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 91352/14 (AS AMENDED BY NMA 14952/22)

    Land At The Former Horwich Loco Industrial Estate, Phase 2 Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  8. Decided19097/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (SOIL) ON APPLICATION 16300/23

    Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 5UE

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  9. Decided19098/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 1 (NOISE MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 18443/24

    The University Of Bolton Stadium Burnden Way Bolton BL6 6JW

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  10. Decided19099/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16678/23 (THE REMOVAL OF A SIDE WINDOW TO THE NEW EXTENSION OUTRIGGER WEST ELEVATION AND SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO SIDE WINDOW TO THE MAIN HOUSE EAST ELEVATION).

    3 Heathlea Close Bolton BL1 7EL

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  11. Decided19100/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TIMBER STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING FOR STORAGE OF FORESTRY EQUIPMENT

    LAND ADJACENT 8 WALKER FOLD WALKER FOLD ROAD BOLTON BL1 7PT

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  12. Decided19101/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    17 Haslam Hall Mews Bolton BL1 5EX

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  13. Decided19102/24

    ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING REAR DORMER

    38 Rainshaw Street Bolton BL1 8QX

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  14. Decided19103/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE AT GROUND FLOOR TO MIXED USE PROPERTY AS PART OFFICE AT GROUND FLOOR AND 5 NO.BED HMO AT GROUND, FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS

    3 Bolton Road Bolton BL4 7JU

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  15. Decided19105/24

    SITING OF A 1.8 METRE METAL FENCE

    71 Horace Street Bolton BL1 3PU

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  16. Decided19106/24

    PRUNING OF 3No. SYCAMORE TREES

    4 Thurlwood Croft Bolton BL5 3RF

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  17. Decided19107/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO :- PRUNE 2 NO. HOLLY

    63 - 65 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4QR

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  18. Decided19108/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM STORAGE (E) TO FORM DWELLING (C3) AT FIRST FLOOR

    360 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 6AG

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  19. Decided19109/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (PART 3 - MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN) 10(i) DOORS AND WINDOWS 10(ii) (MATERIALS ) ON APPLICATION 12203/21

    Plot 2 Burnthwaite Old Hall Drive Lostock Bolton BL6 4GU

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  20. Decided19110/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR

    101 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 9 Oct 2024
  21. Decided19111/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF A FIRST FLOOR OFFICE INTO 2No. FLATS

    466 - 466A Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8AN

    Received 9 Oct 2024
  22. Decided19113/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING REAR DORMER AND SITING OF A FRONT DORMER TOGETHER WITH DECKING TO THE REAR

    36 Trent Way Bolton BL4 8PR

    Received 9 Oct 2024
  23. Decided19115/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY INFILL EXTENSION TO FRONT

    10 Pendennis Avenue Bolton BL6 4RS

    Received 9 Oct 2024
  24. Decided19116/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH REAR DORMER AND ATTIC CONVERSION.

    7 Douglas Street Bolton BL1 7AS

    Received 9 Oct 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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