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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
6,950Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,229 approved or refused records
991Refused applications

4,238 approved · 991 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19345/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (MATERIALS), 4 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SCHEME) AND 5 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 13280/22

    Land Adjacent To 15 Essex Street Bolton BL6 6ET

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  2. Decided19346/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR ( 4.50M LONG; 3.85M MAX HEIGHT; 2.77M EAVES HEIGHT)

    10 Sandford Close Bolton BL2 3NH

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  3. Decided19347/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    3 Belayse Close Bolton BL1 6JF

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  4. Decided19348/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCING, PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE ACCESS AND THE INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS ALONG THE REAR BOUNDARY FACING.

    37 Grange Park Road Bolton BL7 9YA

    Received 21 Nov 2024
  5. Decided19349/24

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR

    6 Brackley Street Bolton BL4 9DR

    Received 22 Nov 2024
  6. Decided19350/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (ARCHAEOLOGY) ON APPLICATION 17137/23

    Former Moor Lane Bus Station Moor Lane Bolton

    Received 22 Nov 2024
  7. Decided19352/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (SAFE ACCESS AND EGRESS SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 16392/23

    Spread Eagle 313 Manchester Road Bolton BL4 8RD

    Received 22 Nov 2024
  8. Decided19353/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    167 Church Street Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3SW

    Received 22 Nov 2024
  9. Decided19354/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    4 Moss Meadow Bolton BL5 3NX

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  10. Decided19355/24

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR AND SIDE TOGETHER WITH PORCH AT FRONT

    4 Fall Birch Road Bolton BL6 4LF

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  11. Decided19356/24

    ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION DETAILS ON FRONT ELEVATION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND REAR DORMER EXTENSION AT 146 AND 148 HALLIWELL ROAD

    146 And 148 Halliwell Road Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 3QN

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  12. Decided19358/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO DWELLINGHOUSE

    132 Turton Road Bolton BL2 3DY

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  13. Decided19359/24

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

    1 Auberson Road Bolton BL3 3AU

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  14. Decided19361/24

    PARTIAL CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL SHOP INTO MIXED USE OF RETAIL AND HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY AND FLUE AT REAR

    36 Highfield Road Bolton BL4 0AD

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  15. Decided19362/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 13489/22

    Gaskell Primary School Thomas Holden Street Bolton BL1 2QG

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  16. Decided19364/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (PART II) (LAND CONTAMINATION) ON APPLICATION 17785/24

    Burnden Works Burnden Business Park Burnden Road Bolton BL3 2RB

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  17. Decided19365/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE (USE CLASS C3) TO A BARBER SHOP (USE CLASS E(c)(ii))ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND SELF CONTAINED FLAT ABOVE TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS INCLUDING A FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION, EXTERNAL STAIRCASE, DORMER EXTENSION TO REAR, ROOF LIGHTS AND NEW SHOP FRONT.

    163 Plodder Lane Bolton BL4 0BT

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  18. Decided19366/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 6-BED HMO

    39 Hughes Street Bolton BL1 3HE

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  19. Decided19367/24

    REMOVAL OF CONDITION 2 (OPENING TIMES, TO ALLOW 24 HOUR OPENING) ON APPLICATION 77468/07

    BP Firwood Service Station 319 Crompton Way Bolton BL2 3AE

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  20. Decided19368/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS CONDITION) ON APPLICATION 17435/24 TO ALLOW FOR A NEW ENTRANCE INTO THE PRAYER ROOM ON THE NORTH EASTERN ELEVATION, AN INFILL EXTENSION AT THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH WESTERN ELEVATION, AND INTERNAL RECONFIGURATION OF ROOMS AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR

    2 Broadgate Bolton BL3 4PZ

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  21. Decided19369/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A SUMMERHOUSE AND SHED STRUCTURE.

    771 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 5SH

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  22. Decided19370/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 17 (HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO SITE 1.

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  23. Decided19371/24

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 5 (DOORS AND WINDOWS) 19 (WINDOWS) AND REMOVAL OF CONDITION 7 (PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT (PD) ON APPLICATION 73235/06

    Goodman Fold Barn Chorley Road Bolton BL6 5LG

    Received 25 Nov 2024
  24. Decided19372/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 (LAND CONTAMINATION), 7 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SCHEME), 9 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY), 10 (SCHEME FOR EXTERNAL LIGHTING/FLOOD LIGHTING) AND 11 (TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER) ON APPLICATION 14930/22

    Jubilee Day Centre And Pool Darley Street Bolton BL1 3DX

    Received 26 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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