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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
6,937Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,217 approved or refused records
987Refused applications

4,230 approved · 987 refused · 174 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19297/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. ASH,

    Ousel Nest Gate House Grange Road Bolton BL7 9AX

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  2. Decided19298/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT FRONT

    63 Sharples Avenue Bolton BL1 7HE

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  3. Decided19299/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT, SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS

    1 Stanley Close Bolton BL5 2QE

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  4. Decided19300/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO WELLNESS, SPA AND BEAUTY TREATMENT CENTRE.

    1 - 3 Eden Street Bolton BL1 6NL

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  5. Decided19301/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (ACOUSTIC MITIGATION DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 16296/23

    218 - 220 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PH

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  6. Decided19302/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 2.90M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    139 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  7. Decided19303/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE AND 3 NO. ASH

    228 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AA

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  8. Decided19304/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. LIME AND 1 NO. HORSE CHESTNUT

    228 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AA

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  9. Decided19305/24

    RETENTION OF EXISTING GALVANISED STEEL FENCE, TOGETHER WITH LOWERING TO MAX 2M HIGH FROM 2.4M AND ATTACHING OF CAMOUFLAGE GREEN NETTING

    Land Adjacent To 2 Westland Avenue Bolton BL4 9SR

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  10. Decided19306/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STABLES TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF 1No. SELF BUILD BUNGALOW

    Stable And Premises Jacks Lane Bolton BL5 2DJ

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  11. Decided19307/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.22M LONG; 3.99M MAX HEIGHT; 2.50M EAVES HEIGHT)

    177 Red Lane Bolton BL2 5HP

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  12. Decided19308/24

    DEMOLITION WORKS TO THE EXISTING BUNGALOW, GARAGE AND CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING

    1 Kinross Drive Bolton BL3 4NW

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  13. Decided19309/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL TO FORM 2No. RETAIL STORES AT GROUND FLOOR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO SIDE FENESTRATION

    189 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  14. Decided19310/24

    REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 1 (COMMENCEMENT) 3 (COAL MINING LEGACY) 9 (TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER) 13 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) AND VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 (INVASIVE SPECIES) 4 (ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT) 5 (TREE PROTECTIVE FENCING) 6 (SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION) 7 (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN) 8 (BIODIVERSITY MITIGATION ENHANCEMENT) 10 (EXTERNALLY GENERATED NOISE) 11 (VEHICLE ACCESS) 12 (HIGHWAY WORKS) 14 (CAR PARKING, ACCESS ROAD AND FOOTWAYS) 16 (MATERIALS) 17 (LANDSCAPING) 18 (ACOUSTIC FENCE DETAILS) 19 (SITE AND INVESTIGATION ACCEPTED) 20 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) 21 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) 22 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 12211/21

    Brownfield Land To The East Of Old Hall Street Kearsley (Farnworth) And South Of Bolton Road

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  15. Decided19311/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

    30 Fall Birch Road Bolton BL6 4LF

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  16. Decided19312/24

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY/LOWER GROUND FLOOR REAR EXTENSIONS FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH REPLACEMENT OF RAISED PATIO AREA AND REAR STEPS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE GARDEN.

    71 Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4DE

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  17. Decided19313/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (SURFACE WATER), 4 (LEVELS), 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME), 6 (MATERIALS), 7 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) AND 8 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 15626/23

    Land Adjacent To Moss Road/Stonehill Road

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  18. Decided19314/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH DECKING TO THE REAR.

    142 Ivy Road Bolton BL1 6EF

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  19. Decided19315/24

    ERECTION OF TWO DORMER EXTENSIONS TO FRONT AND ONE REAR TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION, ROOF/WALL CLADDING AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING CONSERVATORY AT REAR, AND NEW WINDOW ON SIDE ELEVATION

    31 Dovedale Road Bolton BL2 5HT

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  20. Decided19316/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY LINK EXTENSION

    12 Williams Street Bolton BL3 1LQ

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  21. Decided19317/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR.

    9 The Cloisters Bolton BL5 2LU

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  22. Decided19318/24

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

    19 Forester Hill Avenue Bolton BL3 2DR

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  23. Decided19319/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED LOFT CONVERSION TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF 3NO. VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE REAR ELEVATION.

    201 Greenmount Lane Bolton BL1 5JE

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  24. Decided19320/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    18 Lostock Junction Lane Bolton BL6 4JR

    Received 18 Nov 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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