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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
6,987Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,260 approved or refused records
995Refused applications

4,265 approved · 995 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19524/24

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 11567/21 (RELATING TO CONDITION 32 (APPROVED PLANS) TO ACCOMMODATE LAYOUT ALTERATIONS).

    Land At Bowlands Hey (Phase 5) Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  2. Decided19525/24

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. LIME TREE, 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 1 NO. BIRCH.

    7 Ivy Bank Close Bolton BL1 7EF

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  3. Decided19526/24

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GASHOLDER AND THE ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH THE INFILL OF DEMOLISHED GASHOLDER

    National Grid Former Gasworks Lum Street Bolton BL1 2TX

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  4. Decided19527/24

    ERECTION OF 3No. DWELLINGHOUSES

    Land North East Of Back Holly Street Back Holly Street Bolton BL1 8QT

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  5. Decided19529/24

    CONVERSION OF STOREROOM TO FORM SEVENTH BED IN EXISTING HMO

    126 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8DW

    Received 30 Dec 2024
  6. Decided19530/24

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.00M LONG; 3.90M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    65 Westbourne Avenue Bolton BL3 2JY

    Received 30 Dec 2024
  7. Decided19531/24

    SITING OF 2No. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN, 3NO. FASCIA SIGNS, 3NO. VINYL SIGNS, AND 1 NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED DIGITIAL SCREEN

    Tesco Stores Ltd, Mansell Way, Horwich, Manchester Bolton, BL6 6JS

    Received 31 Dec 2024
  8. Decided19532/24

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION

    10 Weybourne Grove Bolton BL2 3AT

    Received 31 Dec 2024
  9. Decided19534/25

    ERECTION OF DRIVEWAY BOUNDARY WALL WITH THREE INDIVIDUAL ALUMINIUM FENCE PANELS AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC SLIDING ALUMINIUM CANTILEVER GATE TO ENTRANCE OF DRIVEWAY.

    67 Albert Road West Bolton BL1 5HW

    Received 1 Jan 2025
  10. Decided19535/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND REAR DORMER AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT, REAR AND SIDE EXTENSIONS, GARAGE CONVERSION AND INSTALLATION OF FRONT AND REAR DORMERS TOGETHER WITH RAISING OF EAVES AND ROOF HEIGHT.

    74 Whitegate Drive Bolton BL1 8SE

    Received 2 Jan 2025
  11. Decided19536/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO BOTH FRONT AND SIDES TOGETHER WITH NEW ACCESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS.

    St James The Great Rc Church Bowland Drive Bolton BL1 5TX

    Received 2 Jan 2025
  12. Decided19537/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF PART FIRST FLOOR/PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION TO HABITABLE ROOMS WITH ROOF LIGHTS.

    25 Barley Brook Meadow Bolton BL1 7HP

    Received 2 Jan 2025
  13. Decided19538/25

    ERECTION OF 3No. JET WASHES AND ONE PLANT ROOM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS

    Morrisons Lea Gate Harwood Bolton BL2 3HN

    Received 2 Jan 2025
  14. Decided19539/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 16 (PART E - LAND CONTAMINATION) ON APPLICATION 07245/19

    Horwich Golf Club Victoria Road Bolton BL6 5PH

    Received 3 Jan 2025
  15. Decided19540/25

    ERECTION OF A PART TWO STOREY/PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    57 Bar Lane Bolton BL1 7JD

    Received 3 Jan 2025
  16. Decided19541/25

    REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING VALLEYS AND REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW HIPPED ROOF, INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN RIDGE HEIGHT.

    13 Bristle Hall Way Bolton BL5 3QA

    Received 3 Jan 2025
  17. Decided19542/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    81 Caldbeck Drive Bolton BL4 0RL

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  18. Decided19543/25

    PART FIRST FLOOR /PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.

    48 Ringley Road Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton Manchester M26 1FS

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  19. Decided19544/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF A JULIET BALCONY TO REAR AND ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE.

    11 Jennaby Walk Bolton BL1 8EL

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  20. Decided19545/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

    243 Settle Street Bolton BL3 3DN

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  21. Decided19546/25

    PRUNING OF 1No. LIME TREE

    9 Lowick Avenue Bolton BL3 2DS

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  22. Decided19547/25

    INTERNAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING CONSTRUCTING A TIMBER AND PLASTER PARTITION WALLS TOGETHER WITH MODIFYING THE EXISTING STAIRCASE, REMOVING THE ASSOCIATED PLASTERBOARD PARTITION TO FACILITATE THE NEW STAIRCASE LAYOUT.

    Bradshaw Hall Farm 37 Bradshaw Hall Fold Bolton BL2 4JH

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  23. Decided19548/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH

    Waterfoot 3 Greenmount Lane Bolton BL1 5JF

    Received 6 Jan 2025
  24. Decided19549/25

    SITING OF 2NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED TOTEM / STEEL POST SIGNS

    32 Bradford Street Bolton BL2 1JJ

    Received 6 Jan 2025

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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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