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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
7,294Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,500 approved or refused records
1,033Refused applications

4,467 approved · 1,033 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Deposited21601/25

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF 1 NO. SUBSTATION AND DUST EXTRACTION SYSTEM.

    Howorth Airtech Ltd Stockton Street Bolton BL4 7LZ

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  2. Awaiting decision21602/25

    EXTENSION AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING (IVC) BUILDING TO PROVIDE A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF), TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANT. PART RETROSPECTIVE DEMOLITION OF IVC ANCILLARY BUILDINGS.

    In Vessel Composting Facility Salford Road Bolton BL5 1DG

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  3. Decided21603/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (SITE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 17490/24 (AS AMENDED BY NMA APPLICATION 20104/25)

    Land North Of 659 Radcliffe Road Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1AN

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  4. Decided21605/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT, TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A FRONT DOOR

    32 Nightingale Road Bolton BL6 5DZ

    Received 24 Dec 2025
  5. Decided21606/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A CONSERVATORY.

    Bryants Farm Lostock Junction Lane Bolton BL6 4JN

    Received 24 Dec 2025
  6. Decided21607/25

    ERECTION OF ANCILLARY OFFICE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH ENLARGEMENT AND CONTINUED USE OF CAR PARK FACILITY TO INCREASE CAPACITY FROM 15-19 VEHICLES, ERECTION OF BOUNDARY WALL AND SETTING BACK OF ENTRANCE GATES

    Veolia Es (Uk) Ltd Turton Street Bolton BL1 2TF

    Received 24 Dec 2025
  7. Decided21608/25

    FELLING OF 1 NO. POPLAR

    89 Stopes Road Bolton BL3 1NW

    Received 24 Dec 2025
  8. Decided21609/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.85M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

    7 Lupin Avenue Bolton BL4 0EP

    Received 25 Dec 2025
  9. Decided21610/25

    REMOVAL OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL, EXCAVATION OF FRONT GARDEN AND FORMATION OF FULL BLOCK-PAVED SLOPED DRIVEWAY, WITH FORMATION OF EXTENDED DROPPED KERB TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS.

    143 Park Road Bolton BL5 3DB

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  10. Decided21611/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 2 NO BEECH

    21 Dewhurst Clough Road Bolton BL7 9TY

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  11. Decided21612/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION, INSTALLATION OF AN EXTERNAL STAIRCASE WITH BALUSTRADE TO THE REAR, AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

    88 Melbourne Road Bolton BL3 5RW

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  12. Decided21613/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 4 NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) FOR 4 OCCUPANTS

    28 Greenland Road Bolton BL3 2EG

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  13. Decided21614/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO.BEECH

    6 Carlton Road Bolton BL1 5HU

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  14. Decided21615/25

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH EXTERNAL STAIR CASE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE.

    171 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HH

    Received 30 Dec 2025
  15. Decided21616/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY FRONT/REAR EXTENSIONS AND ERECTION OF TWO STOREY FRONT/REAR AND PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSIONS WITH LOFT CONVERSION INCLUDING REAR DORMER AND ROOF ALTERATIONS TO CREATE HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION, ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION, RELOCATION AND ALTERATIONS TO GARAGE TO CREATE NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS AND HARDSTANDING, INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC GATES AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS.

    222 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AA

    Received 31 Dec 2025
  16. Decided21617/25

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF 3 NO. EXISTING AGRICULTURAL UNITS INTO STORAGE

    Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT

    Received 31 Dec 2025
  17. Decided21618/25

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND REAR

    10 Morrison Street Bolton BL3 3AN

    Received 31 Dec 2025
  18. Decided00001/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR PART DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A REAR EXTENSION

    9 Harper Green Road Bolton BL4 0DJ

    Received 2 Jan 2026
  19. Deposited00002/26

    DEMOLITION OF 5 NO. BUNGALOWS AND ERECTION OF 2 NO. RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BLOCKS COMPRISING OF NO. 24 SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED CAR AND CYCLE PARKING, REFUSE, LANDSCAPING AND LAND RE-GRADING

    5 - 9 Cedar Wood Court Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5BJ

    Received 2 Jan 2026
  20. Decided00003/26

    PRUNING OF 6 NO. POPLAR TREES

    21 Century Lodge Bolton BL4 9PS

    Received 6 Jan 2026
  21. Decided00004/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF A 1.8M SLIDING DRIVEWAY GATE.

    10 Sharnford Close Bolton BL2 1LG

    Received 5 Jan 2026
  22. Decided00006/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 9 (BIODIVERSITY) AND 13 (EXTERNAL LIGHTING) ON APPLICATION 12203/21

    2 Burnthwaite Hall Drive Lostock Bolton BL6 4GU

    Received 5 Jan 2026
  23. Decided00007/26

    FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    48 Ashdene Crescent Bolton BL2 3LW

    Received 31 Dec 2025
  24. Decided00008/26

    ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE.

    20 Brookside Close Bolton BL2 4AP

    Received 5 Jan 2026

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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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