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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
7,311Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,512 approved or refused records
1,036Refused applications

4,476 approved · 1,036 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided00091/26

    HIP TO GABLE ROOF EXTENSION WITH FRONT AND REAR DORMER

    108 Bishops Road Bolton BL3 2JE

    Received 19 Jan 2026
  2. Decided00092/26

    NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 18890/24 TO INSTALL TWO SUBSTATIONS AND UPDATE BOTH THE SITE PLAN AND EXTERNAL FINISHES PLAN.

    Essity Uk Mansell Way Bolton BL6 6JL

    Received 19 Jan 2026
  3. Decided00093/26

    NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE NO.1 BEACH TREE AND NO.2 HORSE CHESTNUT

    Denegarth Chorley Old Road Bolton BL6 6AX

    Received 19 Jan 2026
  4. Decided00094/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 12 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 12461/21 (AS AMENDED BY NMA APPLICATION 00096/26)

    Electricity Sub Station Slack Lane Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 19 Jan 2026
  5. Decided00096/26

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNING PERMISSION REF. 12461/21 (INSTALLATION OF FLEXIBLE GENERATION BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING ERECTION OF CCTV AND 2.4M WELDMESH FENCE AND GATES) TO ALLOW FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT (2.44M WELDMESH FENCE AND GATES) AND THE REWORDING OF CONDITIONS 5 (INVASIVE SPECIES) AND 12 (DRAINAGE) TO ALLOW FOR THE PERMISSION TO BE IMPLEMENTED LAWFULLY BY WAY OF THE INSTALLATION OF A SECTION OF FENCE AND GATES AT THE SITE ENTRANCE

    Land Adjacent Electricity Sub Station Slack Lane Westhoughton Bolton

    Received 19 Jan 2026
  6. Decided00097/26

    EXTENSION TO FRONT DORMER TOGETHER WITH CHANGES TO FENESTRATION

    58 Aintree Road Bolton BL3 1EP

    Received 20 Jan 2026
  7. Decided00098/26

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (OPERATING HOURS) ON APPLICATION 19948/25 TO AMEND TIMES FROM 08:00-20:00 TO 24 HOUR OPERATION.

    Unit 17 Spring Street Business Park Spring Street Bolton BL3 6EH

    Received 20 Jan 2026
  8. Decided00099/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF FENCING, GATES AND ROLLER SHUTTERS

    Hive Sphere Unit 2 Wadsworth Commercial Park High Street Bolton BL3 6SR

    Received 20 Jan 2026
  9. Decided00100/26

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF ACCESS, LAYOUT, LANDSCAPING, APPEARANCE AND SCALE) FOR THE ERECTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL/WAREHOUSE BUILDING (UNIT 8) WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICE YARD, CAR PARKING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING ON OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION 16776/23

    Proposed Unit 8 Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Chorley Road Westhoughton

    Received 21 Jan 2026
  10. Decided00101/26

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 16424/23 (DEMOLITION AND ERECTION OF DWELLING)

    27 The Glen Bolton BL1 5DB

    Received 21 Jan 2026
  11. Decided00102/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    12 Kensington Drive Bolton BL6 6AE

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  12. Decided00103/26

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION INCLUDING ROOF REMODELLING AND RAISING

    11 Winton Grove Bolton BL3 4UX

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  13. Decided00104/26

    RETROSPECTIVE PERMISSION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 1.87M BOUNDARY FENCE

    184 Armadale Road Bolton BL3 4TP

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  14. Decided00105/26

    ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY FRONT, FIRST FLOOR FRONT AND SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, ERECTION OF PART TWO STOREY AND PART SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH INSTALLATION OF REAR DORMER AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ROOF

    111 Hill Cot Road Bolton BL1 8RW

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  15. Decided00106/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION, ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION ALONG WITH TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TO EAST AND PART FIRST FLOOR/PART TWO STOREY TO WEST.

    68 Kermoor Avenue Bolton BL1 7HN

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  16. Decided00108/26

    PART A - FELLING OF 1NO. ILEX (HOLLY) AND PART B - FELLING OF 1NO. AESCULUS HIPPEASTRUM (HORSE CHESNUT)

    1 Stockmar Grange Bolton BL1 5GQ

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  17. Decided00110/26

    FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

    8 Sharples Meadows Bolton BL1 6FT

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  18. Decided00111/26

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (PARKING PROVISION) ON APPLICATION 20389/25 TO REDUCE NUMBER OF SPACES FROM NO. 20 TO NO. 10 SPACES

    Nursery Mytham Road Bolton BL3 1JF

    Received 22 Jan 2026
  19. Decided00114/26

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 4NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF DOOR AT THE REAR

    233 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2HR

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  20. Decided00115/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) TO REMOVE ANNEXE FROM HMO CATEGORY ON APPLICATION 17719/24 AND TO FORM 1 NO. DWELLING.

    Primero 63A Lakeside Avenue Bolton BL3 2HY

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  21. Decided00116/26

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (COAL) ON APPLICATION 09775/20 IN RELATION TO PLOTS 52 TO 56 ON SITE 1.

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  22. Decided00117/26

    CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING INDUSTRIAL UNIT TO 4 NO. PADEL COURTS WITH ASSOCIATED CAFE AND PILATES STUDIO

    Kestrel Street Bolton

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  23. Decided00118/26

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY FRONT PORCH.

    10 Briarfield Road Bolton BL4 0HD

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  24. Decided00119/26

    FORMATION OF HARDSTANDING TO EXTEND EXISTING CAR PARK.

    Davenport House Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR

    Received 23 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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