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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
7,041Searchable applications
55Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,301 approved or refused records
1,001Refused applications

4,300 approved · 1,001 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19847/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CONCRETE YARD

    Smithills Open Farm Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 7NS

    Received 25 Feb 2025
  2. Decided19848/25

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

    4 Newington Walk Bolton BL1 2UU

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  3. Decided19849/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FRONT.

    184 Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 3QN

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  4. Decided19850/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH FORMATION OF BALCONY TO REAR.

    Hill Top Windy Harbour Lane Bolton BL7 9AP

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  5. Decided19852/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (FLOOD WARNING AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES) ON APPLICATION 13489/22

    Gaskell Primary School Thomas Holden Street Bolton BL1 2QG

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  6. Decided19853/25

    FORMATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGING HUB COMPRISING INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

    Vacant Plot Adjacent To High Stile Street And Carter Street Bolton BL4 8AX

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  7. Decided19854/25

    SITING OF 1 NO. ILLUMINATED DIGITAL INTEGRAL TOTEM.

    Deansgate Opposite St Edmunds Street Bolton BL1 1EX

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  8. Decided19855/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF BUILDING TO BE A PLANT ROOM

    Hitachi Automotive Products Ltd Aspinall Way Bolton BL6 6JH

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  9. Decided19856/25

    SECTION 73 APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 16356/23

    2 Greystoke Drive Bolton BL1 7DW

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  10. Decided19858/25

    DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING FRONT EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    381 Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 6DT

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  11. Decided19859/25

    FELLING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE AND THE PRUNING OF 1NO. OAK

    497 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5DQ

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  12. Decided19860/25

    ERECTION OF A GARAGE AT SIDE AND ERECTION OF A FIRST-FLOOR EXTENSION ABOVE TOGETHER WITH ROOF LIGHTS.

    16 Shillingford Road Bolton BL4 7DJ

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  13. Decided19861/25

    ERECTION OF BOUNDARY PANELS ALONG THE FULL LENGTH, INSTALLATION OF A GATE AT THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE, AND EXTENSION OF THE DROPPED KERB TO ITS FULL WIDTH.

    148 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4NX

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  14. Decided19862/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.00M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    18 Reddish Close Bolton BL2 4BT

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  15. Decided19863/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    18 Reddish Close Bolton BL2 4BT

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  16. Decided19864/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED ERECTION OF A BIKE STORE AT REAR

    34 Stoneleigh Drive Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton Manchester M26 1HA

    Received 27 Feb 2025
  17. Decided19865/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT FRONT

    50 Croft Gate Bolton BL2 3JJ

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  18. Decided19866/25

    PRUNING OF 1No. ASH TREE, 2No. HORNBEAM TREES, 1No. OAK TREE AND 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    St Peters Vicarage 93 Bradford Street Bolton BL4 9JY

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  19. Decided19867/25

    FELLING OF 1No. SYCAMORE TREE

    7A Teak Drive Bolton BL4 8RR

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  20. Decided19868/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (SECTION 192) FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR USE CLASS C3(B) AND INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG RESIDENTS RECEIVING CARE FROM 5 TO 6.

    74 Albert Road West Bolton BL1 5HW

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  21. Decided19869/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    8 Chadbury Close Bolton BL6 4JA

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  22. Decided19870/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM C3 TO CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR UP TO 1NO. CHILDREN (C2 CLASS)

    38 Shireburn Avenue Bolton BL2 2SX

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  23. Decided19871/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION

    195 Crompton Way Bolton BL2 2RU

    Received 28 Feb 2025
  24. Decided19872/25

    PART A: PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE PART B PRUNING OF 1 NO. HORSE CHESTNUT

    5 The Kilphin Bolton BL6 4DR

    Received 28 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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