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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
6,945Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,225 approved or refused records
989Refused applications

4,236 approved · 989 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Decided19321/24

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND REAR EXTENSION ABOVE EXISTING FLOOR TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF DORMER AT REAR.

    45 Eastgrove Avenue Bolton BL1 7EZ

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  2. Decided19322/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED SUMMER HOUSE AT REAR

    10 Park Cottages Bolton BL1 6JP

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  3. Decided19323/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S191) FOR THE SITING OF A WOODEN STRUCTURE USED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AND ANCILLARY TO RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE MAIN DWELLING HOUSE

    22 Lingmell Close Bolton BL1 5EG

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  4. Decided19324/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.90M MAX HEIGHT; 2.20M EAVES HEIGHT)

    32 Oldhams Terrace Bolton BL1 6RD

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  5. Decided19325/24

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 17855/24 (CHANGE BEDROOM WINDOW AT REAR TO CREATE A NON-PROJECTING JULIET BALCONY

    Brookbottom Cottage Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DL

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  6. Decided19326/24

    NOTICE OF INTENTION FOR THE PRUNING OF 1No. WILLOW TREE

    24 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  7. Decided19327/24

    PART A; PRUNING OF 2No. ASH TREESPART B;FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREES

    23 Hypatia Street Bolton BL2 6AA

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  8. Decided19328/24

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT APPLICATION FOR THE AMENDMENT TO CONDITION 4 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 18716/24 TO ALLOW THE LIGHTING APPPROVED UNDER THAT APPLICATION TO BE USED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 5am TO 9pm MONDAY TO SUNDAY IN LINE WITH THE HOURS OF USE OF THE EXISTING LIGHTING SCHEME

    Higher Swan Lane Workshop Higher Swan Lane Bolton BL3 3BL

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  9. Decided19329/24

    AMENDMENT TO 17311/23 'ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR, EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS' TO INCLUDE ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR WITH BALCONY AND CONVERSION OF BASEMENT GARAGE

    498 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5DR

    Received 19 Nov 2024
  10. Decided19330/24

    ERECTION OF A GARAGE AT SIDE AND ERECTION OF A FIRST-FLOOR EXTENSION ABOVE TOGETHER WITH FRONT PORCH EXTENSION AND DORMER TO FRONT

    42 Knowsley Road Bolton BL1 6HN

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  11. Decided19331/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF BOUNDARY FENCE PANEL AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH A BRICK WALL, TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A CANOPY AT THE FRONT.

    18 Riefield Bolton BL1 6TA

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  12. Decided19332/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (EXTERNAL SURFACES OF THE EXTENSION SHALL BE OF A SIMILAR COLOUR, TEXTURE AND SIZE OF THOSE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING) ON APPLICATION 13957/22

    11 Whitsundale Bolton BL5 3LQ

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  13. Decided19333/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW 20M-HIGH MONOPOLE SUPPORTING 6NO. ANTENNAS, 2NO. 300MM TRANSMISSION DISH; PLUS 3NO. GROUND-BASED EQUIPMENT CABINETS; AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT THERETO

    Glynne Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 7DY

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  14. Decided19334/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (MATERIALS - BRICKWORK MORTAR COLOUR AND MASTIC POINTING COLOUR) ON APPLICATION 13485/22

    Marsden House Marsden Road Bolton BL1 2JT

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  15. Decided19335/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE, PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF 2No. JET WASH BAYS AND THE SITING OF A RETAINING WALL/FENCING WITH THE ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND HARD STANDING

    Bp Firwood Service Station 319 Crompton Way Bolton BL2 3AE

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  16. Decided19336/24

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORE

    748 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6JD

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  17. Decided19337/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (LANDSCAPING) AND 3 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) ON APPLICATION 13533/22

    Bolton Enterprise Centre Washington Street Bolton BL3 5EY

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  18. Decided19338/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO 2No. SELF CONTAINED FLATS INCLUDING ALTERATION TO FENESTRATION WITHIN THE SIDE ELEVATION

    101 Church Road Bolton BL4 8BP

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  19. Decided19339/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00 LONG; 3.95M MAX HEIGHT; 2.69M EAVES HEIGHT)

    78 Nottingham Drive Bolton BL1 3RY

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  20. Decided19340/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. OAK, 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 1NO. HORSE CHESTNUT

    141 Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 6JZ

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  21. Decided19341/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    78 Middlebrook Drive Bolton BL6 4RH

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  22. Decided19342/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV) EQUIPMENT TO ROOF OF NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS

    Vernacare Ltd Folds Road Bolton BL1 2TW

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  23. Decided19343/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (PART A) (COAL MINING LEGACY) AND 6 (PART II) (CONTAMINATED LAND) AND FULL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (METHOD STATEMENT - PROTECTED SPECIES) AND 5 (CEMP) ON APPLICATION 14264/22

    Umbertons Farm Salford Road Bolton BL5 1BP

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  24. Decided19344/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLINGHOUSE (C3) INTO A CHILDRENS CARE HOME (C2)

    229 Wigan Road Bolton BL5 2AJ

    Received 21 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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