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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
7,075Searchable applications
56Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,328 approved or refused records
1,005Refused applications

4,323 approved · 1,005 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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. Decided20007/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.50M MAX HEIGHT; 2.40M EAVES HEIGHT)

    24 Taywood Road Bolton BL3 4SJ

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  2. Decided20009/25

    CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM OFFICES TO FLATS INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AND REAR DORMER EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE 3NO. FLATS

    First Floor Office 2 156 - 158 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8DR

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  3. Decided20010/25

    SITING OF 1 NO. OFFICE CONTAINER TO REAR TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCE AND ACCESS GATE

    Ashberry House 41 New Hall Lane Bolton BL1 5LW

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  4. Decided20011/25

    CERTIFICATE OF PROPOSED LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE ERECTION OF A MODULAR CLASS ROOM

    Heathfield Primary School Henniker Road Bolton BL3 3TP

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  5. Decided20013/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    The Hawthorns 8A Ambleside Close Bolton BL2 3LT

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  6. Decided20014/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) 6 (MATERIALS) 7 (PARKING) 10 (SCHEME OF VEHICLE PARKING/CIRCULATION AREAS) 11 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) 12 (ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINT) 13 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATIONS 11878/21

    Old Station Park Buildings St John Street Horwich Bolton BL6 7NY

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  7. Decided20015/25

    PART A: PRUNING OF 3 NO. SYCAMORE (T2, T3 and T4)PART B: FELLING OF 1 SYCAMORE (T1)

    5 Hartwell Close Bolton BL2 3BA

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  8. Decided20016/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 18614/24

    124 Queens Avenue Bolton BL7 9BP

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  9. Decided20017/25

    FELLING OF 6 NO. SYCAMORE AND 1 NO. BIRCH.

    3 Thurlwood Croft Bolton BL5 3RF

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  10. Decided20018/25

    RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    72 Thicketford Road Bolton BL2 2LU

    Received 18 Mar 2025
  11. Decided20019/25

    RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT, SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH DORMER AT FRONT.

    14 Ilkley Close Bolton BL2 2PS

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  12. Decided20020/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    186 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 3BA

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  13. Decided20021/25

    ERECTION OF 1NO. DETACHED DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF OUTBUILDING AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE

    1 - 3 Scope Oth Lane Bolton BL2 3DP

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  14. Decided20022/25

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16770/23 (TO ALTER TREE PLANTING DETAIL WITHIN THE APPROVED PLANTING SCHEME)

    Land At Chorley Road Wingates Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LZ

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  15. Decided20023/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 18 (CANAL AND CANAL BREACH) (PARTS I, II, III, AND X) ON APPLICATION 09775/20

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  16. Decided20024/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 14 (OTTERS) ON APPLICATION 09775/20

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  17. Decided20025/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPOSED NEW WINDOWS TO THE EXISTING EAST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS

    Cumberland School Station Road Campus Station Road Bolton BL6 5BN

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  18. Decided20026/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 13489/22

    Gaskell Primary School Thomas Holden Street Bolton BL1 2QG

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  19. Decided20027/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 23 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO SITES 2, 3 AND 4.

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  20. Decided20028/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM SHOP TO 1NO .BED EN-SUITE FLAT

    671 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 6BJ

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  21. Decided20029/25

    ERECTION OF 2 NO. PEDDI DORMERS TO REAR TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF VELUX ROOF LIGHTS AND GABLE WINDOWS.

    188 Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4DD

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  22. Decided20030/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (LIGHTING SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 18649/24

    Diamond Bus North West Bus Depot Weston Street Bolton BL3 2AW

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  23. Decided20031/25

    ERECTION OF 1NO. SINGLE STOREY MODULAR BUILDING WITHIN EXISTING SITE CAR PARK, RELOCATION OF 47NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND ERECTION OF FENCING AND ACCESS GATES

    Smithills High School Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 6JS

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  24. Decided20032/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT AND REAR TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT SIDE.

    3 Greenleas Bolton BL6 4PL

    Received 21 Mar 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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