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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
6,970Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,246 approved or refused records
994Refused applications

4,252 approved · 994 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19424/24

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO DWELLING

    57 - 65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS

    Received 6 Dec 2024
  2. Decided19425/24

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE INTO MOSQUE, COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TEACHING FACILITY

    66 Chorley Street Bolton BL1 4AL

    Received 6 Dec 2024
  3. Decided19426/24

    PART A APPROVE PRUNING OF 1x PLUM, 1x ASH (T1), 1x SYCAMORE (T2), CONIFERSPART B REFUSE PRUNING OF 1X FIELD MAPLE (T3)

    Flat 1 John Boste Court Manchester Road Bolton BL3 2PJ

    Received 6 Dec 2024
  4. Decided19427/24

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR TO FORM SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT TO UPPER FLOORS ABOVE EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT

    First Floor 212A St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PH

    Received 6 Dec 2024
  5. Decided19428/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR RAISED DECKING AT THE REAR TO REPLACE THE EXISTING DECKING STRUCTURE.

    85 Lea Gate Close Bolton BL2 4AB

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  6. Decided19429/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION.

    320 Hough Fold Way Bolton BL2 3JW

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  7. Decided19430/24

    CONVERSION OF GARAGE INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT.

    8 Beaumont Avenue Bolton BL6 7BQ

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  8. Decided19431/24

    PRUNE 4 NO. SYCAMORE TREE.

    1A Park Terrace Bolton BL1 7LA

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  9. Decided19432/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    3 Hollins Drive Bolton BL2 1DH

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  10. Decided19433/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF A REAR DORMER EXTENSION

    32 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HE

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  11. Decided19434/24

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR WITH ROOF TERRACE AND EXTERNAL BALUSTRADE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF PORCH AT FRONT

    18 Pendennis Avenue Bolton BL6 4RS

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  12. Decided19435/24

    SITING OF PITCHED ROOF TO REPLACE EXISTING FLAT ROOF TO THE REAR

    510 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9DX

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  13. Decided19436/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION WITH RENDERING TO PROPERTY AND SKYLIGHTS

    14 Mobberley Road Bolton BL2 5AW

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  14. Decided19437/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT (A1) TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF THREE DWELLINGHOUSES (C3)

    130 Eskrick Street Bolton BL1 3JB

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  15. Decided19438/24

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE ERECTION OF AN OUTBUILDING AT REAR

    191 Ellesmere Road Bolton BL3 3JN

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  16. Decided19439/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    970 Manchester Road Over Hulton Bolton BL5 1EQ

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  17. Decided19440/24

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH

    121 Red Lane Bolton BL2 5HP

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  18. Decided19441/24

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 18943/24 TO THE EXISTING SHOPFRONT TO MAKE THE WINDOWS FULL HEIGHT

    47 - 55 Brackley Street Bolton BL4 9DS

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  19. Decided19442/24

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 9 (BADGER SURVEY) AND 21 (HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN (HMP)) ON 17974/24

    Land Off Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9AA

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  20. Decided19443/24

    PRUNING OF 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    25 Halls Close Bolton BL2 1DB

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  21. Decided19444/24

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 11 (GARDEN VALIDATION FOR PLOTS 126 - 128 AND 171 - 177) ON APPLICATION 04527/18

    Land At Eldercot Road Eldercot Road Bolton BL3 4JJ

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  22. Decided19445/24

    ERECTION OF NEW STABLE

    1 Whitehill Valley Grimeford Lane Bolton BL6 5LD

    Received 10 Dec 2024
  23. Decided19446/24

    PRUNING OF 3NO. SYCAMORE AND 1NO. OAK

    7 Sudbury Drive Bolton BL6 4PP

    Received 11 Dec 2024
  24. Decided19447/24

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE LAYING OF MATERIAL TO CREATE HARDSURFACING, USE OF THE LAND FOR STORAGE OF CONTAINERS AND OPEN STORAGE, ERECTION OF 2.59M HIGH TIMBER BOUNDARY FENCE AND 2.4M HIGH WELDMESH FENCING, ALONG WITH MEANS OF ACCESS AND LANDSCAPING.

    Land To Rear Of Units B1 B2 C1 At Europa Trading Estate Stoneclough Road Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton M26 1GG

    Received 11 Dec 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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