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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
7,008Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,277 approved or refused records
997Refused applications

4,280 approved · 997 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19626/25

    ERECTION OF A FRONT AND REAR DORMER TOGETHER WITH A LOFT CONVERSION

    136 Churchill Drive Bolton BL3 1PG

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  2. Decided19627/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SIDE EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION WITH GABLE ROOF AND NEW CANOPY AT THE FRONT

    34 Tennyson Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 9TA

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  3. Decided19628/25

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. BIRCH, 1 NO. POPLAR, 1 NO. OAK.

    13 Bryants Field Bolton BL1 5XH

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  4. Decided19629/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (SOUND INSULATION SCHEME) AND 4 (ACOUSTIC INSULATION DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 14704/22

    Flat Above The Bowling Green 277 - 287 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6AX

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  5. Decided19630/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    33 Parkgate Drive Bolton BL1 8SD

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  6. Decided19632/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING CHURCH TO 9 SELF CONTAINED FLATS

    Former Church Building Land And Buildings On The East Side Of Hardman Street Farnworth BL4 9JJ

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  7. Decided19633/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    9 Leighton Avenue Bolton BL1 4EH

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  8. Decided19634/25

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

    86 Park Road Bolton BL5 3DJ

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  9. Decided19635/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 7 (TREE PROTECTION FENCING), 13 (ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT FOR THE PONDS) AND 20 (LANDSCAPING SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 17974/24

    Land Off Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9AA

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  10. Decided19636/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT SIDE.

    13 Snowdon Drive Bolton BL6 7DG

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  11. Decided19639/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (PART V) (CONTAMINATED LAND - VALIDATION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 04875/18

    Land At Former Brackley Golf Course Caddie Road Bolton

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  12. Decided19640/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (PARTS 3 AND 4) (PRA AND SITE INVESTIGATION) AND 9 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) ON APPLICATION ON APPLICATION 15196/22

    Ladywood School Masefield Road Bolton BL3 1NG

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  13. Decided19641/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES ON SITE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, ERECTION OF A NEW STAIRWAY ON HSBC FACADE, CREATION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATH LINK TO BRADSHAWGATE AND PROVISION OF MEANWHILE USES.

    Land At Crompton Place Exchange Street Bolton BL1 1EA

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  14. Decided19642/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.60M MAX HEIGHT; 2.60M EAVES HEIGHT)

    23 Fairclough Street Bolton BL3 2AF

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  15. Decided19643/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO CAR PARKING ARRANGEMENTS.

    103 Somerton Road Bolton BL2 6LN

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  16. Decided19644/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (BIODIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 13489/22

    Gaskell Primary School Thomas Holden Street Bolton BL1 2QG

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  17. Decided19645/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF A FIRST FLOOR OFFICE INTO 2No. FLATS

    466 - 466A Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8AN

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  18. Decided19646/25

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO CONDITION 9 ON APPLICATION 13374/22 (TO ENSURE ALL THE APPROVED LEVELS DETAILS ARE CONSISTENT)

    Former Tarmac Building Materials Ltd Stopes Road Bolton BL3 1NN

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  19. Decided19648/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSIONS TO SIDE WITH PARTIAL GABLE/PARTIAL FLAT ROOF AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH SKYLIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL WINDOW TO REAR FIRST FLOOR AND REMOVAL OF CHIMNEY STACK AND CLADDING OF FRONT, REAR AND DORMER.

    7 Barberry Bank Bolton BL7 9UJ

    Received 23 Jan 2025
  20. Decided19649/25

    ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.

    98 Clough Avenue Bolton BL5 2LG

    Received 24 Jan 2025
  21. Decided19651/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND FRONT, TOGETHER WITH FRONT AND REAR DORMERS OVER EXISTING GARAGE.

    3 Thornham Drive Bolton BL1 7RE

    Received 24 Jan 2025
  22. Decided19652/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (DOORS AND WINDOWS) ON APPLICATION 09862/20

    Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 5UE

    Received 24 Jan 2025
  23. Decided19653/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.827M LONG, 3.164M MAX HEIGHT, 2.625M EAVES HEIGHT).

    385 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8DE

    Received 27 Jan 2025
  24. Decided19654/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM USE CLASS E TO USE CLASS C DWELLINGHOUSE

    70 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1QQ

    Received 27 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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