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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
7,248Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,462 approved or refused records
1,026Refused applications

4,436 approved · 1,026 refused · 194 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Feb 2022 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided21257/25

    RETROSPECTIVE CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 6 NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) FOR 6 OCCUPANTS.

    39 Hughes Street Bolton BL1 3HE

    Received 21 Oct 2025
  2. Decided21258/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE

    74 Green Meadows Bolton BL5 2BN

    Received 21 Oct 2025
  3. Decided21259/25

    FELLING OF 1NO. NORWAY SPRUCE; PRUNING OF GROUP OF MAPLE TREES

    11 Top O Th Brow Bolton BL2 4DJ

    Received 21 Oct 2025
  4. Decided21261/25

    APPLICATION FOR THE PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO NO. 9 DWELLINGS

    Land At Stitch Mi Lane Bolton

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  5. Decided21262/25

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 19281/24 FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF FOUR GROUND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT PLOT O1 TO FORM ANCILLARY OFFICE/STAFF ACCOMMODATION.

    NCP Bolton All Saints Street West Car Park All Saints Street Bolton BL1 2AJ

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  6. Decided21263/25

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

    Land To The North Of The Mill Brownlow Road Bolton BL6 6SJ

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  7. Decided21264/25

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16801/23 TO ALTER THE DESCRIPTION TO 'RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 07245/19 FOR THE ERECTION OF 15 NO. DWELLINGS TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE DETAILS ONLY)'

    Horwich Golf Club Victoria Road Bolton BL6 5PH

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  8. Decided21265/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE (C3) TO HMO (C4) FOR 6NO. OCCUPANTS

    97 Bridge Street Bolton BL4 7RS

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  9. Decided21266/25

    ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.

    9 Wood Street Bolton BL5 3AE

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  10. Decided21267/25

    ALTERATIONS TO SIDE FENESTRATION AND INSTALLATION OF EXTRACTOR FLUE TO REAR.

    30 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3NH

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  11. Decided21268/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF GARAGE.

    7 Weycroft Close Bolton BL2 6TP

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  12. Decided21269/25

    ERECTION OF FRONT EXTENSION TO GARAGE AND FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE TOGETHER WITH DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    169 Bank Side Bolton BL5 2QH

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  13. Decided21270/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 1 (APPROVED PLANS), 7 (GROUND LEVELS), 16 (BOUNDARY TREATMENTS) AND 19 (EXTERNAL MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 18406/24

    Land At Lever Park Avenue Viscount Close Horwich Bolton BL6 7FU

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  14. Decided21271/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 11 (LAND CONTAMINATION - VERIFICATION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 20076/25

    Land East Of Central Street Bolton

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  15. Decided21272/25

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

    Smithills Croft Wood Smithills Croft Rd Bolton BL1 6LP

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  16. Decided21273/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION

    21 Alberta Street Bolton BL3 5JD

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  17. Deposited21275/25

    INSTALLATION OF 1 NO. WATER FILLING STATION ON EXISTING CAR PARK.

    Heaton Cricket Club Church Road Bolton BL1 5RH

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  18. Decided21276/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO OAK TREE AND 1NO LIME TREE

    56 Silver Birch Close Bolton BL6 4GF

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  19. Decided21278/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT, TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND DORMER AT REAR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FRONT DRIVEWAY AND LANDSCAPING WORKS INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF RETAINING WALL AT REAR

    704 Crompton Way Bolton BL1 8TJ

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  20. Decided21279/25

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. BEECH.

    1 Montrose Drive Bolton BL7 9LR

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  21. Decided21280/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 6 NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) FOR 6 OCCUPANTS TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF REAR DORMER.

    15 Thicketford Road Bolton BL2 2LS

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  22. Decided21281/25

    OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3 NO. DWELLINGHOUSES (ACCESS AND SCALE DETAILS ONLY)

    Green Vale House Leigh Road Bolton BL5 2JN

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  23. Decided21282/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN) ON APPLICATION 19570/25

    Seddon Construction Ltd Plodder Lane Bolton BL4 0NN

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  24. Decided21283/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A MEZZANINE FLOOR.

    Plot E1 Logistics North Bolton BL5 1BT

    Received 24 Oct 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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