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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
7,224Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,444 approved or refused records
1,025Refused applications

4,419 approved · 1,025 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided21100/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 8 (REFUSE AND CYCLE STORES) ON APPLICATION 09862/20

    Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5UE

    Received 25 Sept 2025
  2. Decided21101/25

    PRUNING OF 2 NO. BIRCH, 1 NO. SPRUCE AND 1 NO. LARCH.

    596 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9RY

    Received 25 Sept 2025
  3. Decided21102/25

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

    78 Hilden Street Bolton BL2 1JD

    Received 25 Sept 2025
  4. Decided21103/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.00M LONG; 3.30M MAX HEIGHT; 2.20M EAVES HEIGHT)

    47 Purbeck Drive Bolton BL6 4JF

    Received 28 Sept 2025
  5. Decided21104/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE ATTACHED TO ADJOINING PROPERTY (NO.6), TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE WRAP-AROUND EXTENSION AND RETENTION OF RENDER TO FRONT ELEVATION

    4 Malvern Close Bolton BL6 7LY

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  6. Decided21105/25

    PART A: PRUNING OF 1 NO. OAK PART B: FELLING OF 1 NO. OAK

    16 Whins Crest Bolton BL6 4NH

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  7. Decided21106/25

    PRUNING OF 1NO. HORSE CHESNUT, 1NO. SYCAMORE

    Alcora Green Common Lane Bolton BL5 3BN

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  8. Decided21107/25

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (3.5M LONG; 3.46M MAX HEIGHT; 2.28M EAVES HEIGHT)

    6 Beatty Drive Bolton BL5 3TP

    Received 27 Sept 2025
  9. Decided21108/25

    ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO-STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR AND SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT.

    146 - 148 Mancroft Avenue Bolton BL3 3AB

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  10. Decided21109/25

    ERECTION OF ONE DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING.

    Land To West Of Dobb Brow Road Dobb Brow Road Bolton BL5 2AZ

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  11. Decided21110/25

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    118 Longcauseway Bolton BL4 9BL

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  12. Decided21111/25

    ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION ABOVE THE GARAGE

    8 Ridgmont Close Bolton BL6 6RG

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  13. Decided21112/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO RESIDENTIAL CHILDRENS FACILITY/HOME (C2) FOR UP TO 3 NO. CHILDREN/YOUNG PERSONS TOGETHER WITH GARAGE CONVERSION TO HABITABLE ROOM.

    139 Junction Road Bolton BL3 4NQ

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  14. Decided21113/25

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. PINE

    Dunscar Golf Club Longworth Lane Bolton BL7 9QY

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  15. Decided21114/25

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE SITING OF FENCE TO THE SIDE OF PROPERTY

    2 Derwent Close Bolton BL6 6DR

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  16. Decided21117/25

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING PORCH ROOF

    31 Alderton Drive Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2JD

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  17. Decided21118/25

    CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO 6 NO. BEDROOM HMO (C4) FOR 6 OCCUPANTS TOGETHER WITH LOFT CONVERSION.

    172 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2HN

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  18. Decided21119/25

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (CONTAMINATED LAND) AND FULL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (LEVELS), 5 (MATERIALS), 6 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) AND 9 (VEHICLE AREAS) ON APPLICATION 17050/23

    Land Adjoining 18 Savick Avenue Savick Avenue Bolton BL2 6JJ

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  19. Decided21120/25

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 19 (SITE INVESTIGATION ACCEPTED) ON APPLICATION 19310/24 IN RELATION TO PHASE 2

    Brownfield Land To The East Of Old Hall Street Kearsley (Farnworth) And South Of Bolton Road

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  20. Decided21121/25

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 7 (CESSATION OF WINNING AND WORKING OF MINERALS) ON APPLICATION 93925/15 TO EXTEND CESSATION DATE TO NO LATER THAN 20 FEBRUARY 2037 AND RESTORATION DATE TO NO LATER THAN 20 FEBRUARY 2038

    Pilkington Quarry Georges Lane Horwich Bolton BL6 6RS

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  21. Decided21123/25

    ERECTION OF A GROUND FLOOR INFILL EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION.

    54 Broadway Bolton BL4 0HL

    Received 1 Oct 2025
  22. Decided21124/25

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING (S191) FOR CONTINUED USE AS A HMO (C4) FOR UP TO 6NO. OCCUPANTS

    14 Grasmere Avenue Bolton BL4 0QL

    Received 1 Oct 2025
  23. Decided21125/25

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

    Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT

    Received 1 Oct 2025
  24. Decided21126/25

    CHANGE OF USE OF VACANT LAND TO FORM A HAND CAR WASH TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF AN ANCILLARY OFFICE, STORAGE ACCOMODATION AND BOUNDARY FENCE

    Land At Spa Road Bolton BL1 4AG

    Received 1 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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