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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
7,261Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,473 approved or refused records
1,027Refused applications

4,446 approved · 1,027 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided21339/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.68M MAX HEIGHT; 2.88M EAVES HEIGHT)

    13 Woodbine Road Bolton BL3 3JH

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  2. Decided21340/25

    ERECTION OF SIDE EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH FRONT DORMER AND EXTENSION OF REAR DORMER WITH ATTACHED BALCONY.

    5 Manley Crescent Bolton BL5 3HR

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  3. Decided21341/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BIRCH.

    3 Goose Cote Hill Bolton BL7 9UQ

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  4. Decided21343/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.00M MAX HEIGHT; 3.00M EAVES HEIGHT)

    65 Sharples Avenue Bolton BL1 7HE

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  5. Decided21344/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (TREE PLANTING) AND 5 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 20185/25

    Bowstone Lodge Bowstone Hill Road Bolton BL2 4LS

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  6. Decided21345/25

    CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM.

    34 Coachfield Drive Bolton BL6 4PW

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  7. Decided21346/25

    T1 SYCAMORE - REMOVE EPICORMIC GROWTH AND 1 LARGER LIMB GROWING OVER GARDEN ON STEM AND DEADWOODPRUNING OF 1 NO SYCAMORE WITH REMOVE EPICORMIC GROWTH AND REDUCE LOWEST 2 X LIMBS BY HALF.

    143 Bradshaw Road Bolton BL2 3EN

    Received 3 Nov 2025
  8. Decided21347/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) AND CONDITION 3 (MATERIALS) ON APPLICATION 15733/23 (VARIATION TO CONSIST OF OMISSION OF REAR EXTENSION AND INSTALLATION OF GLASS POD)

    Heaton Cricket Club Church Road Bolton BL1 5RH

    Received 4 Nov 2025
  9. Decided21348/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT AND REAR TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF DETACHED GARAGE

    165 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

    Received 4 Nov 2025
  10. Decided21349/25

    INSTALLATION OF A BALCONY ON THE FIRST-FLOOR SIDE ELEVATION

    339 Blackburn Road Bolton BL7 9TH

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  11. Decided21350/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT

    Masjid-e-noor 327 - 329 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3QD

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  12. Decided21351/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING OFFICES (CLASS E(C)(II).

    30 High Street Bolton BL3 1NB

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  13. Decided21352/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 5 (NOISE MITIGATION) AND 8 (VEHICLE AREAS) ON APPLICATION 18729/24

    Former Timberyard And Sawmill Hollins Plodder Lane Bolton BL4 0LF

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  14. Decided21353/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM (CLASS E) COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO 2 (C3) SELF CONTAINED FLATS

    Premier House 13 Bark Street East Bolton BL1 2BQ

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  15. Decided21354/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES (CLASS E) TO 2 NO. SELF CONTAINED ONE-BEDROOMED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION AND WIDENING OF 2 NO, WINDOWS TO REAR ELEVATION

    Victoria House 3 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4QR

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  16. Decided21355/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 10 (SITE REMEDIATION) AND 17 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY) ON APPLICATION 12836/21 IN RELATION TO PLOTS 50 - 58.

    Century Mill George Street Bolton BL4 9QT

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  17. Decided21356/25

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION

    7 Oakdale Bolton BL2 3JX

    Received 6 Nov 2025
  18. Decided21357/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 (SUSTAINABILITY - EVIDENCE PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION) ON APPLICATION 18207/24

    Former Eden Boys School Cotton Street Bolton BL1 3JN

    Received 6 Nov 2025
  19. Decided21358/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 9 (SECURED BY DESIGN ACCREDITATION - PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION) ON APPLICATON 18207/24

    Former Eden Boys School Cotton Street Bolton BL1 3JN

    Received 6 Nov 2025
  20. Decided21359/25

    RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT.

    27 Ainscow Avenue Bolton BL6 4LR

    Received 6 Nov 2025
  21. Decided21360/25

    APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF 2 NO. DWELLINGS.

    Land Between 455 And 461 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5SR

    Received 5 Nov 2025
  22. Decided21361/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BEECH TREE

    Ennerdale Bolton Road Bolton BL2 3EU

    Received 6 Nov 2025
  23. Awaiting decision21364/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BRIDGE OVER CUTTING AND REPLACEMENT BY INFILL AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRACK AND PARAPETS.

    Land Including Bridge Over Former Railway Line Jacks Lane Bolton BL5 2DJ

    Received 7 Nov 2025
  24. Decided21365/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    113 Green Lane Bolton BL6 7RQ

    Received 7 Nov 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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