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.
4,352 approved · 1,007 refused · 184 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Ashleigh Bungalow Ashleigh Drive Bolton BL1 5BD
Received 8 May 2025Tanglewood 3 Ashleigh Drive Bolton BL1 5BD
Received 8 May 202512 Russell Close Bolton BL1 4BL
Received 9 May 2025Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU
Received 9 May 2025Land At Marsden Road Bolton BL1 2PF
Received 9 May 202545 Newport Street Bolton BL1 1NE
Received 9 May 2025Car Wash Mercury Filling Station Manchester Road Bolton BL5 3JP
Received 9 May 20252 Bleasdale Road Bolton BL1 5QS
Received 12 May 2025Unit 8 Summerfield Road Bolton BL3 2NQ
Received 12 May 202530 Sonning Drive Bolton BL3 3RA
Received 12 May 2025Land North East Of Back Holly Street Back Holly Street Bolton BL1 8QT
Received 12 May 2025Cregneish 49 Regent Road Bolton BL6 4DG
Received 12 May 2025Street Record Halls Close Bolton
Received 12 May 20258 Summer Hill Close Bolton BL1 7BR
Received 12 May 202574 New Hall Lane Bolton BL1 5HQ
Received 12 May 20255 Ravens Holme Bolton BL1 5TN
Received 12 May 2025280 - 282 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 8DU
Received 12 May 202589 Chapeltown Road Bolton BL7 9LZ
Received 12 May 2025Bolton Golf Club Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 4AJ
Received 12 May 202513 Birkenhills Drive Bolton BL3 4TX
Received 12 May 202512 Firwood Fold Bolton BL2 3AG
Received 12 May 202512 Firwood Fold Bolton BL2 3AG
Received 12 May 20258 Newfield Court Church Street Bolton BL5 3SA
Received 13 May 202517 Hawthorne Road Bolton BL3 5RF
Received 13 May 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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