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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
7,023Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,287 approved or refused records
999Refused applications

4,288 approved · 999 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Decided19739/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 16 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 19149/24

    Plot 1 Grundy Fold Farm Chorley Old Road Bolton BL6 6QA

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  2. Decided19741/25

    FELLING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORE

    4 Thurlwood Croft Bolton BL5 3RF

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  3. Decided19742/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (CEMP), 3 (CARBON EMISSIONS), 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) AND 9 (ACOUSTIC INSULATION DESIGN) ON APPLICATION 11963/21

    231 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PG

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  4. Decided19743/25

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT SIDE TOGETHER WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    2 Broad Oak Road Bolton BL3 2JA

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  5. Decided19744/25

    INSTALLATION OF DORMER AT FRONT

    43 York Avenue Bolton BL3 1EU

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  6. Decided19745/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.27M MAX HEIGHT; 3.27M EAVES HEIGHT)

    65 Sharples Avenue Bolton BL1 7HE

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  7. Decided19746/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 6 (BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN), 7 (SECURED BY DESIGN), 9 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) AND 12 (NOISE MITIGATION) AND PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 (MATERIALS AND OTHER DETAILS) (PART C - BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND PART D - EXTERNAL LIGHTING) ON APPLICATION 11674/21

    Bolton Union Mill Vernon Street Bolton BL1 2PP

    Received 10 Feb 2025
  8. Decided19748/25

    RAISING THE ROOF TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT THE SIDE AND A DORMER EXTENSION AT THE REAR AND PARKING ALTERATIONS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

    14 Westerdale Drive Bolton BL3 4QQ

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  9. Decided19749/25

    PRUNING OF 1No. BEECH TREE

    Dimple Hall East Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9RA

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  10. Decided19750/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM GYM TO CAFE/BAR TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ENTRANCE AND THE SITING OF AN EXTERNAL SEATING AREA

    Unit 1 Dunscar Industrial Estate Egerton Bolton BL7 9PQ

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  11. Decided19751/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN - PRE-COMMENCEMENT) AND 10 (CYCLE PARKING) ON APPLICATION 14364/22

    30 Mawdsley Street Bolton BL1 1LF

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  12. Decided19752/25

    EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM LIVING ACCOMMODATION

    6 Horrocks Hill Farm Scout Road Bolton BL1 7NZ

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  13. Decided19753/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE WITH DORMER EXTENSION ABOVE

    9 Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9HF

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  14. Decided19754/25

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 15149/22 (AMENDMENTS TO ROOF TYPE AND DESIGN, EXTERNAL DOOR AND WINDOW)

    St Johns Evangelist Church Moffat Close Bolton BL2 6UA

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  15. Decided19755/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL AND STORAGE (E(g) AND B8) TO NON-RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE (F.1(a))

    Bennett House Viking Street Bolton BL3 2RR

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  16. Decided19756/25

    INSTALLATION OF DORMERS AT SIDE TO INCREASE EXISTING LOFT SPACE

    63 Reynolds Drive Bolton BL5 1HQ

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  17. Decided19757/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 31 (VEHICLE AREAS) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO SITE 1 (MYTHAM ROAD)

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  18. Decided19758/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 9 (CANAL HERITAGE) ON APPLICATION 09775/20

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  19. Decided19759/25

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND FRONT ENTRANCE CANOPY, TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION ROOF FROM APPROVED APPLICATION REF: 12402/21.

    85 Pansy Road Bolton BL4 0EW

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  20. Decided19760/25

    REMOVAL OR VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 1 (COMMENCEMENT), 2 (PRE-DEMOLITION ASBESTOS SURVEY), 3 (BAT SURVEY), 4 (COMPLETION REPORT FOR THE PRA), 5 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES), 6 (SUDS), 7 (ARBORICULTURE SURVEY), 8 (SOIL TESTING), 9 (CAR PARKING), 10 (NOISE), 11 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS), 12 (HIGHWAY WORKS), 13 (VISIBILITY SPLAY), 14 (CAR PARK), 15 (OBSCURE GLAZING), 16 (LANDSCAPING) 17 (BOUNDARY TREATMENTS), 18 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) AND 19 (EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS) ON APPLICATION 11341/21 FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FARM HOUSE AND OUT BUILDINGS AND ERECTION OF FIVE BUNGALOWS.

    Ashcrofts Farm Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  21. Decided19762/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 4 (OPERATING OF LIGHTING HOURS) ON APPLICATION 18716/24

    Higher Swan Lane Workshop Higher Swan Lane Bolton BL3 3BL

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  22. Decided19763/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.88M MAX HEIGHT; 2.75M EAVES HEIGHT)

    13 Tig Fold Road Bolton BL4 0PD

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  23. Decided19764/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (TREE PLANTING) AND 4 (BAT AND BIRD BOXES) ON APPLICATION 17286/23

    POPPYWOOD ALPACAS Old Rake Bolton BL6 6SJ

    Received 12 Feb 2025
  24. Decided19765/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH A DORMER AT THE REAR AND A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT THE FRONT, TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

    268 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2LZ

    Received 13 Feb 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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