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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
7,116Searchable 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4,352 approved · 1,007 refused · 184 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Council contacts

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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.

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More application records

  1. Decided20298/25

    NOTICE OF INTENTION FOR THE PRUNING OF 2NO. HOLLY TREES

    Ashleigh Bungalow Ashleigh Drive Bolton BL1 5BD

    Received 8 May 2025
  2. Decided20299/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO. OAK TREE AND 1NO. BEECH TREE

    Tanglewood 3 Ashleigh Drive Bolton BL1 5BD

    Received 8 May 2025
  3. Decided20302/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR ( 5.00M LONG; 3.00M MAX HEIGHT; 2.90M EAVES HEIGHT)

    12 Russell Close Bolton BL1 4BL

    Received 9 May 2025
  4. Decided20303/25

    INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO BOLTON TOWN HALL AND LE MANS CRESCENT

    Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU

    Received 9 May 2025
  5. Decided20304/25

    SITING OF 2NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED REPLACEMENT HOARDINGS

    Land At Marsden Road Bolton BL1 2PF

    Received 9 May 2025
  6. Decided20305/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM SHOP (CLASS E) TO 1NO. SELF CONTAINED FLAT AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR

    45 Newport Street Bolton BL1 1NE

    Received 9 May 2025
  7. Decided20307/25

    RELOCATION OF CAR WASH FACILITIES

    Car Wash Mercury Filling Station Manchester Road Bolton BL5 3JP

    Received 9 May 2025
  8. Decided20308/25

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION ABOVE THE GARAGE.

    2 Bleasdale Road Bolton BL1 5QS

    Received 12 May 2025
  9. Decided20309/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM CAR SALES TO EVENTS CATERING KITCHEN AND SHOWROOM TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF EXTERNAL FLUE TO SIDE

    Unit 8 Summerfield Road Bolton BL3 2NQ

    Received 12 May 2025
  10. Decided20310/25

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE, ALTERATIONS TO BAY WINDOW, RELOCATION OF ENTRANCEDOOR AND REMOVAL OF CHIMNEY.

    30 Sonning Drive Bolton BL3 3RA

    Received 12 May 2025
  11. Decided20311/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN), 4 (CONTAMINATED LAND - SITE INVESTIGATION), 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) AND 6 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 19527/24

    Land North East Of Back Holly Street Back Holly Street Bolton BL1 8QT

    Received 12 May 2025
  12. Decided20313/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE

    Cregneish 49 Regent Road Bolton BL6 4DG

    Received 12 May 2025
  13. Decided20314/25

    PART A; FELLING OF 7NO. ASH TREES, 1NO. UNKNOWN TREEPART A; PRUNING OF 3 NO. ASH TREES, 4NO. SYCAMORE TREES AND THE COPPICING OF 1NO. APPLE TREEPART B: FELLING 1NO, ASH TREE

    Street Record Halls Close Bolton

    Received 12 May 2025
  14. Decided20315/25

    FELLING OF 2 NO. SYCAMORE, PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 1 NO. LIME, 1 NO.MAPLE, 1 NO.CHESTNUT

    8 Summer Hill Close Bolton BL1 7BR

    Received 12 May 2025
  15. Decided20319/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (NO MORE THAN 50 CHILDREN SHALL BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE NURSERY AT ANY ONE TIME) ON APPLICATION 05005/18 TO INCREASE TO A MAXIMUM OF 60 CHILDREN.

    74 New Hall Lane Bolton BL1 5HQ

    Received 12 May 2025
  16. Decided20320/25

    PART A: FELLING OF 1.NO OAK, 1.NO HORSE CHESTNUT, PRUNING OF 1.NO MAPLE, 1.NO SYCAMORE, 1.NO OAKPART B: FELLING OF 1.NO OAK, PRUING OF 1.NO OAK

    5 Ravens Holme Bolton BL1 5TN

    Received 12 May 2025
  17. Decided20321/25

    INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT TO CREATE 3 NO. SEPARATE UNITS WITH NEW SHOP FRONT TOGETHER WITH DORMER EXTENSION AT REAR AND ALTERATION TO FIRST FLOOR REAR ROOF WITH OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS.

    280 - 282 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8DU

    Received 12 May 2025
  18. Decided20322/25

    PART A; FELLING OF 2NO. ASH TREES, 3NO. SYCAMORE, 1NO. HORSE CHESTNUT AND 1NO. HOLLY TREEPRUNING OF 1NO. BEECH TREE AND 1NO. GOAT WILLOWPART B; FELLING OF 1NO ASH

    89 Chapeltown Road Bolton BL7 9LZ

    Received 12 May 2025
  19. Decided20323/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR PROPOSED LANDSCAPING TO CREATE EARTH BUNDS TO HOLD SURFACE WATER FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME TO REDUCE SURFACE WATER FLOODING

    Bolton Golf Club Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 4AJ

    Received 12 May 2025
  20. Decided20324/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    13 Birkenhills Drive Bolton BL3 4TX

    Received 12 May 2025
  21. Decided20325/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR WITH A FREE-STANDING ORANGERY AND TIMBER STORE IN REAR GARDEN, GABION WALLS TO SUPPORT STONE FLAG STEPS TO LOWER TERRACE. INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, EXTERNAL REPAIRS TO ROOF, SASH WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION, REPLACEMENT OF CASEMENTS, REPAIR OF TIMBER GUTTERS AND CAST IRON DOWN PIPES TO FRONT ELEVATION , NEW CAST IRON DROWN PIPES TO REAR ELEVATION. INSTALLATION OF FLAGPOLE IN REAR GARDEN.

    12 Firwood Fold Bolton BL2 3AG

    Received 12 May 2025
  22. Decided20326/25

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR WITH A FREE-STANDING ORANGERY AND TIMBER STORE IN REAR GARDEN, GABION WALLS TO SUPPORT STONE FLAG STEPS TO LOWER TERRACE. INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, EXTERNAL REPAIRS TO ROOF, SASH WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION, REPLACEMENT OF CASEMENTS, REPAIR OF TIMBER GUTTERS AND CAST IRON DOWN PIPES TO FRONT ELEVATION, NEW CAST IRON DOWN PIPES TO REAR ELEVATION. INSTALLATION OF FLAGPOLE IN REAR GARDEN.

    12 Firwood Fold Bolton BL2 3AG

    Received 12 May 2025
  23. Decided20328/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO CHILDRENS CARE FACILITY.

    8 Newfield Court Church Street Bolton BL5 3SA

    Received 13 May 2025
  24. Decided20329/25

    ERECTION OF 2NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AT REAR.

    17 Hawthorne Road Bolton BL3 5RF

    Received 13 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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