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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
7,163Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,394 approved or refused records
1,016Refused applications

4,378 approved · 1,016 refused · 187 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Feb 2022 to 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided20607/25

    DEMOLTION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    2 Hale Bank Bolton BL5 3GS

    Received 30 Jun 2025
  2. Decided20608/25

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE NO. 2 CONIFER.NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 6 NO. CHERRY, 7 NO. SYCAMORE

    35 Threadfold Way Bolton BL7 9DN

    Received 30 Jun 2025
  3. Decided20609/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH.

    87 Chapeltown Road Bolton BL7 9LZ

    Received 30 Jun 2025
  4. Decided20611/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BEECH, 1 NO, OAK, 1 NO. SILVER BIRCH, 1 NO. HORNBEAM.

    The Oaks 2 Beechwood Shady Lane Bolton BL7 9AF

    Received 30 Jun 2025
  5. Decided20612/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND GARAGE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND GARAGE TO THE SIDE WITH GABLE ROOF CONVERSION.

    60 Fall Birch Road Bolton BL6 4LG

    Received 30 Jun 2025
  6. Decided20613/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) FOR THE USE OF DWELLING FOR PRIVATE HIRE OPERATING LICENCE FOR ONE VEHICLE.

    79 Dean Court Bolton BL1 2SA

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  7. Decided20614/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 16 (CONTAMINATED LAND) AND 24 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO PLOTS 1 - 66 (SITE 1 - MYTHAM ROAD)

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  8. Decided20615/25

    PRUNING OF 3 NO. SYCAMORE.

    21 Haslam Hall Mews Bolton BL1 5EX

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  9. Decided20616/25

    FELLING OF 2 NO. ASH AND 1 NO. POPLAR.

    St Pauls Vicarage Halliwell Road Bolton BL1 8BP

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  10. Decided20617/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AND ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/TWO STOREY BUILDING WITH REAR DORMER FOR USE AS A CAFE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND SELF CONTAINED FLAT ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS.

    420 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NB

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  11. Decided20619/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. HORSE CHESTNUT, 1 NO. SYCAMORE AND 2 NO. ASH.FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH AND 1 NO. ROWAN.

    Street Record Harbury Close Bolton

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  12. Decided20621/25

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 15620/23 (TO FLIP THE APPROVED DWELLING AND SLIGHTLY ALTER THE PROPOSED ACCESS TRACK AND PARKING TO CORRELATE WITH THE REVERSED FRONTAGE)

    Marklands Farm Grimeford Lane Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LD

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  13. Decided20622/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.99M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    12 Maple Avenue Bolton BL1 6DQ

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  14. Decided20623/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (CONTAMINATED LAND) AND 4 (BAT AND BIRD BOXES) ON APPLICATION 18608/24

    45 Hulton Lane Bolton BL3 4JD

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  15. Decided20624/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, ROOF RIDGE HEIGHT INCREASE WITH REAR DORMER AND CHANGE TO DRIVEWAY AND REMOVAL OF PART OF BOUNDARY WALL AND PATIO TO REAR

    1 Sunnyside Road Bolton BL1 6DZ

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  16. Decided20625/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE ERECTION OF REAR EXTENSION

    1464 Junction Road West Bolton BL6 4EG

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  17. Decided20627/25

    ERECTION OF A REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOLITION OF TWO OUTBUILDINGS

    674 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5RU

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  18. Decided20628/25

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WINDOWS ON LISTED BUILDING

    20 Park Row Bolton BL1 7JY

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  19. Deposited20629/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ASH.

    64 Shorefield Mount Bolton BL7 9EW

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  20. Decided20630/25

    WIDENING OF DORMER TO FRONT TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND INSTALLATION OF SKY LIGHTS.

    1 Ravens Holme Bolton BL1 5TN

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  21. Decided20631/25

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    13 Hurst Street Bolton BL3 3JF

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  22. Decided20632/25

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH JULIET BALCONY.

    101 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  23. Decided20633/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DENTISTS TO SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL

    Lakeside House Waterside Business Park Smiths Road Bolton BL3 2QJ

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  24. Decided20634/25

    ALTERATION TO ASHBURNER STREET ELEVATION COMPRISING THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING SHOPFRONT WINDOW AND REPLACEMENT WITH LOUVRES TO INTERNAL PLANT ROOM

    Unit C, Ground Floor Le Mans Place Ashburner Street Bolton BL1 1TD

    Received 3 Jul 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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