Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,315 approved · 1,003 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
2 Stanway Close Bolton BL3 5AU
Received 12 Mar 2025Tesco Stores Ltd Mansell Way Bolton BL6 6JS
Received 12 Mar 2025Farnworth Social Circle Cricket Club 166 Piggott Street Bolton BL4 9QJ
Received 12 Mar 20251 Colchester Drive Bolton BL4 0LU
Received 13 Mar 202515 Rainshaw Street Bolton BL1 8QY
Received 13 Mar 202568 Armadale Road Bolton BL3 4PR
Received 13 Mar 202528 Luton Street Bolton BL3 2QU
Received 13 Mar 2025The Oaks Old Rake Bolton BL6 6SA
Received 13 Mar 202578 Ainse Road Bolton BL6 5HA
Received 13 Mar 2025Cotton Tree Hotel 15 Prince Street Bolton BL1 2NP
Received 13 Mar 20251 Regent Drive Bolton BL6 4DH
Received 13 Mar 20257 Mayfield Avenue Bolton BL3 2PE
Received 13 Mar 2025Brackenburn Chorley Old Road Bolton BL6 6AX
Received 13 Mar 2025White Horse 259 Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3ED
Received 14 Mar 202514 Stokesby Gardens Bolton BL6 4QS
Received 14 Mar 202580 Platt Hill Avenue Bolton BL3 4JU
Received 14 Mar 2025Century Mill George Street Bolton BL4 9QT
Received 14 Mar 2025114 Winter Hey Lane Bolton BL6 7PJ
Received 14 Mar 2025704 Crompton Way Bolton BL1 8TJ
Received 17 Mar 202531 Ranworth Close Bolton BL1 7RL
Received 17 Mar 2025Red Lion Hotel 101 Church Street Bolton BL6 5EF
Received 17 Mar 202555 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1DR
Received 17 Mar 2025Halliwell Industrial Estate Rossini Street Bolton BL1 8DL
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Unit 1 68 Chorley Street Bolton BL1 4AL
Received 17 Mar 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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