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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
7,115Searchable applications
56Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,359 approved or refused records
1,007Refused applications

4,352 approved · 1,007 refused · 184 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided20268/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 18 (VEHICULAR AREAS) ON APPLICATION 17974/24

    Land Off Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9AA

    Received 2 May 2025
  2. Decided20269/25

    RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND REAR.

    34 Mytham Road Bolton BL3 1JQ

    Received 2 May 2025
  3. Decided20270/25

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT SIDE.

    2 Colchester Drive Bolton BL4 0LU

    Received 2 May 2025
  4. Decided20271/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT, SIDE AND REAR.

    353 Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 6DT

    Received 2 May 2025
  5. Decided20272/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR BALCONY AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH JULIET BALCONY, TOGETHER WITH A FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION AND FRONT CANOPY AND CHANGES TO FENESTRATION

    10 Elsworth Drive Bolton BL1 8TE

    Received 2 May 2025
  6. Decided20273/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO. CHERRY

    22 Somerdale Avenue Bolton BL1 5HS

    Received 2 May 2025
  7. Decided20274/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING 15 METRE TREE MAST WITH A 20 METRE MAST PAINTED FIR GREEN RAL6009, MOUNTED WITH 6 NO. ANTENNAS, 1 NO. 0.6 METRE DISH, 1 NO. 0.3 METRE DISH, AND THE INSTALLATION OF 1NO. EQUIPMENT CABINET PAINTED FIR GREEN RAL6009 AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT THERETO

    Wicken Lees Farm Chulsey Gate Lane Bolton Lostock BL6 4EY

    Received 2 May 2025
  8. Decided20275/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (CAR PARKING) ON APPLICATION 18462/24

    10 Ainscow Avenue Bolton BL6 4LR

    Received 5 May 2025
  9. Decided20277/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SILVER BIRCH

    33 Farnborough Road Bolton BL1 7HJ

    Received 5 May 2025
  10. Decided20278/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION.

    19 Bowness Road Bolton BL3 6TF

    Received 5 May 2025
  11. Decided20280/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S191) FOR THE EXISTING USE OF DWELLING AS A HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (CLASS C4) FOR NO MORE THAN SIX PERSONS

    95 Bradford Street Bolton BL2 1JY

    Received 5 May 2025
  12. Decided20281/25

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DOUBLE GLAZED HARDWOOD TIMBER FRAME WINDOWS AND DOORS

    7 Hill Top Harvey Street Bolton BL1 8BQ

    Received 6 May 2025
  13. Decided20282/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    3 Wardham Close Bolton BL5 2GJ

    Received 6 May 2025
  14. Decided20283/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. CHERRY TREE

    Bolton Hospice Queens Park Street Bolton BL1 4QT

    Received 6 May 2025
  15. Decided20284/25

    NOTICE OF INTENTION - PRUNING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORE

    8 Oakenclough Drive Bolton BL1 5QY

    Received 6 May 2025
  16. Decided20285/25

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION WITH A NEW SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND WORKS AND RE-ROOFING OF AN EXISTING CONSERVATORY.

    50 St Andrews Road Bolton BL6 4AB

    Received 6 May 2025
  17. Decided20287/25

    ERECTION OF DORMER EXTENSION AT THE REAR

    33 Brocksby Chase Bolton BL1 2JH

    Received 6 May 2025
  18. Decided20289/25

    FELLING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE

    The Old Vicarage Ivy Bank Road Bolton BL1 7EQ

    Received 7 May 2025
  19. Decided20291/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (REFUSE AND WASTE FACILITY) ON APPLICATION 19455/24

    79 Long Lane Bolton BL2 6EU

    Received 7 May 2025
  20. Decided20292/25

    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 7 May 2025
  21. Decided20293/25

    PRUNING AND FELLING OF TREES (SEE TREE CONDITION SURVEY)

    1 Mill View Lane Bolton BL6 6TL

    Received 7 May 2025
  22. Decided20294/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT THE SIDE AND REAR

    19 Knutshaw Crescent Bolton BL3 4SB

    Received 7 May 2025
  23. Decided20295/25

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGHOUSE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING AND BOUNDARY WALLS/GATES

    Ladyshore House Ladyshore Road Bolton BL3 1LB

    Received 7 May 2025
  24. Decided20297/25

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR.

    12 Cundey Street Bolton BL1 3BT

    Received 8 May 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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