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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
7,137Searchable applications
56Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,377 approved or refused records
1,010Refused applications

4,367 approved · 1,010 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

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. Decided20438/25

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER GLAZING WITH NEW ALUMINIUM FRAMING TO CONSERVATORY AT FRONT.

    Makants Farm Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7LH

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  2. Decided20439/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR ( 7.15M LONG, 3.70M MAX HEIGHT, 2.20M EAVES HEIGHT).

    7 Shoreswood Bolton BL1 7DD

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  3. Decided20440/25

    REFURBISHMENT AND ALTERATIONS TO SHOP FRONT TOGETHER WITH REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS IN FRONT ELEVATION AND ALTERATIONS TO REAR ELEVATION INCLUDING AMENDMENT TO FENESTRATION

    76 - 78 Deansgate Bolton BL1 1BD

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  4. Decided20441/25

    INSTALLATION OF ILLUMINATED LETTERING, PROJECTING SIGN WITH ILLUMINATED LETTERING, NON-ILLUMINATED GRAPHIC STRIP AND INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED LED SCREENS BEHIND SHOP WINDOWS

    76 - 78 Deansgate Bolton BL1 1BD

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  5. Decided20442/25

    PRUNING OF 7NO. BEECH TREES

    8 Regents Hill Bolton BL6 4PN

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  6. Decided20443/25

    GARAGE CONVERSION TO FORM A HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE.

    26 Whitsundale Bolton BL5 3LQ

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  7. Decided20445/25

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO-STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TOGETHER WITH A DORMER LOFT CONVERSION AT REAR

    75 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL2 1AW

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  8. Decided20446/25

    PRUNING OF 1No. POPLAR TREE

    8 Raikes Way Bolton BL3 1SU

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  9. Decided20447/25

    ERECTION OF A NEW EXTERNAL PLANT TO SUPPORT NEW CLEAN ROOM

    Hitachi Automotive Products Ltd Aspinall Way Bolton BL6 6JH

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  10. Decided20448/25

    SUBDIVISION OF 1 NO. EXISTING DWELLING TO FORM A TOTAL OF 5 NO. SUPPORTED LIVING DWELLINGS FOR PEOPLE IN RECEIPT OF CARE TOGETHER WITH CHANGE OF USE OF GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM

    2 Ryecroft Drive Bolton BL5 3PW

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  11. Decided20449/25

    INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATED ENTRANCE GATE TO FRONT OF DWELLING ALONG WITH RETROSPECTIVE FENCING.

    55 Hewlett Way (Plot 29) Bolton BL5 2QZ

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  12. Decided20450/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO HORSE CHESTNUT

    3 Tilside Grove Bolton BL6 4BX

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  13. Decided20452/25

    APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF NO. 1 DWELLINGHOUSE

    Land Adjacent 87 Dicconson Lane Dicconson Lane Aspull Bolton WN2 1QD

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  14. Decided20453/25

    CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF BIFOLDING DOORS AND ROOFLIGHT TO REAR, AND WINDOW AT SIDE.

    11 Hardy Mill Road Bolton BL2 4EA

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  15. Decided20454/25

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE; 6 NO. CONIFERSNOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL; 5 NO. CONIFERS

    20 Oakley Park Bolton BL1 5XL

    Received 27 May 2025
  16. Decided20455/25

    SITING OF NO. 3 SIGNS.

    The Wellsprings Howell Croft South Bolton BL1 1SB

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  17. Decided20456/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (C3) TO CHILDRENS CARE HOME (C2)

    37 Southfield Drive Bolton BL5 2PG

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  18. Decided20458/25

    INSTALLATION OF A STEEL ROLLER SHUTTER WITH A STEEL ROOF CANOPY AT THE FRONT OF THE RETAIL STORE

    263 - 267 Derby Street Bolton BL3 6LA

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  19. Decided20459/25

    PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 8 DWELLINGS

    Land To The East Of Little Lever Bowling And Social Club, Fletcher Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1HW

    Received 29 May 2025
  20. Decided20462/25

    DEMOLITION OF PUBLIC HOUSE AND ERECTION OF 66 NO. BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME (USE CLASS C2) WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, LANDSCAPING AND ANCILLARY OUTBUILDINGS

    2 - 4 Eagley Brook Way Bolton BL1 8TS

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  21. Decided20463/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 9 (CONTAMINATED LAND) AND 12 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) ON APPLICATION 15705/23

    Land To West Of Dobb Brow Road Dobb Brow Road Bolton BL5 2AZ

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  22. Decided20465/25

    FORMATION OF PUBLIC EV CHARGING FACILITY WITHIN EXISTING TURNING CIRCLE ALONGSIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING.

    Pendragon Sabre Ltd Manchester Road Bolton BL3 2RJ

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  23. Decided20466/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND SIDE EXTENSION.

    31A Smith Lane Bolton BL7 9EZ

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  24. Decided20467/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 13 (ARCHAEOLOGICAL WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION) ON APPLICATION 16787/23

    University Technical College 89 - 125 Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AG

    Received 5 Jun 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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