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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
7,035Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,297 approved or refused records
1,001Refused applications

4,296 approved · 1,001 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19819/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 17980/24

    The Rivington 69 Church Street Bolton BL6 6AA

    Received 21 Feb 2025
  2. Decided19820/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 (MATERIALS AND OTHER DETAILS - PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION PHASE) ON APPLICATION 12865/21

    Land East Of Central Street Bolton

    Received 21 Feb 2025
  3. Decided19821/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 13280/22

    Land Adjacent To 15 Essex Street Bolton BL6 6ET

    Received 21 Feb 2025
  4. Decided19822/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION.

    30 Brunswick Court Bolton BL1 2XS

    Received 21 Feb 2025
  5. Decided19823/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR, SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSIONS TO FRONT INCLUDING CANOPY, AND PARTIAL LOFT CONVERSION; ALTERATIONS TO TIERED GARDEN TO INCLUDE GLASS BALUSTRADE AND LOWER GROUND OUTBUILDING, TOGETHER WITH FORMATION OF BALCONY TO REAR.

    49 Lever Park Avenue Bolton BL6 7LQ

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  6. Decided19825/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 5-BED HMO

    181 Buckley Lane Bolton BL4 9SH

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  7. Decided19826/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 4-BED HMO

    411 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2JS

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  8. Decided19827/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 4-BED HMO

    48 Ainsworth Lane Bolton BL2 2PN

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  9. Decided19828/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 6-BED HMO

    42 Mackenzie Street Bolton BL1 6QW

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  10. Decided19830/25

    FELLING OF 1No. ASH TREE AND THE PRUNING OF 1No. SYCAMORE TREE AND 1No. MAPLE TREE

    5 Clarendon Gardens Bolton BL7 9GW

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  11. Decided19832/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 6-BED HMO

    134 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2DP

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  12. Decided19833/25

    CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CAR PARK

    Vacant Land At Harrison Street Horwich Bolton BL6 7AH

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  13. Decided19834/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 10 (HIGHWAY WORKS) (PARTS E, G AND H) AND 12 (AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 27 UNITS) ON APPLICATION 18207/24

    Former Eden Boys School Cotton Street Bolton BL1 3JN

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  14. Deposited19835/25

    ERECTION OF FIRST-FLOOR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH NEW BOUNDARY WALL

    15 Smiths Road Bolton BL3 2PP

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  15. Decided19836/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (HIGHWAY WORKS), 4 (MATERIALS), 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME), 7 (SCHEME TO CONTROL EMISSION OF FUMES AND NOISE), 8 (REFUSE AND WASTE STORAGE DETAILS) AND 10 (LIGHTING DETAILS) ON APPLICATION 17894/24

    Land South East Of King Street Retail Park King Street Bolton

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  16. Decided19837/25

    ERECTION OF DORMER AT REAR TOGETHER WITH HIP TO GABLE CONVERSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    224 Church Street Bolton BL3 1BW

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  17. Decided19839/25

    CONTINUED USE OF GYM CLASS E USE TO FRONT OF BUILDING, WITH CHANGE OF USE TO REAR OF BUILDING FROM B1/B8 TO CLASS E GYM.

    Unit 9a Westhoughton Industrial Estate James Street Bolton BL5 3QR

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  18. Decided19840/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION

    34 Wilkinson Avenue Bolton BL3 1QP

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  19. Decided19841/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 (INVASIVE SPECIES CLEARANCE) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO SITES 2, 3 AND 4.

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  20. Decided19842/25

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

    57 Ashworth Lane Bolton BL1 8RH

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  21. Decided19843/25

    PRUNING OF VARIOUS LIME AND CHERRY TREES

    Saraco Industries Limited Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7ER

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  22. Decided19844/25

    SITING OF 1NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA AND 1NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGN

    Unit 4 Victoria Plaza Oxford Street Bolton BL1 1RD

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  23. Decided19845/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    4 Westmarsh Close Bolton BL1 2UZ

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  24. Decided19846/25

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING SHOWROOM BUILDING TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL INTERACTIVE BAY

    Bowker Motor Group Manchester Road Bolton BL3 2RJ

    Received 25 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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