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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
7,345Searchable applications
54Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,540 approved or refused records
1,041Refused applications

4,499 approved · 1,041 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided00309/26

    ENLARGEMENT OF REAR DORMER, ERECTION OF FRONT DORMER AND SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

    5 Manley Crescent Bolton BL5 3HR

    Received 19 Feb 2026
  2. Decided00310/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO DETACHED GARAGE

    Former Ivy Model Higher Barn Meadow View Bolton BL6 6GG

    Received 19 Feb 2026
  3. Decided00311/26

    INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT FASCIA SIGNS

    Morrisons Supermarket Blackhorse Street Bolton BL1 1PQ

    Received 19 Feb 2026
  4. Decided00312/26

    CONVERSION OF GARAGE INTO HABITABLE ROOM.

    15 Gresley Avenue Bolton BL6 5TQ

    Received 19 Feb 2026
  5. Decided00313/26

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING (CLASS E) TO CONVERSION OF 1 NO. APARTMENT BLOCK COMPRISING OF NO. 18 SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)

    Belmont House Deakins Mill Way Bolton BL7 9RP

    Received 19 Feb 2026
  6. Decided00314/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (CLASS C3) TO CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL/CARE HOME FOR UP TO 4NO. CHILDREN (CLASS C2)

    2A Albert Road Bolton BL1 5HE

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  7. Decided00315/26

    PRUNING OF 1NO. HORSE CHESTNUT TREE

    46 Lostock Junction Lane Bolton BL6 4JW

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  8. Decided00316/26

    FELLING OF 1NO. ASH TREE

    888 Plodder Lane Bolton BL5 1AJ

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  9. Decided00318/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS (S191) FOR EXISTING USE OF UNIT 5 FOR CLASS E(a) or (b) OR AS SUI GENERIS USE COMPRISING OF COFFEE SHOP, RESTAURANT AND DRIVE THRU WITH ALTERATIONS TO CAR PARKING AND LANDSCAPING, PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF BUILDING INCLUDING GLAZING AREAS, RECLADDING WITH INSTALLATION OF 1 NO. DRIVE THRU WINDOW.

    Unit 5 Burnden Park Manchester Road Bolton BL3 2NE

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  10. Decided00319/26

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF HEATING SYSTEM

    All Souls Church Astley Street Bolton BL1 3QQ

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  11. Decided00320/26

    SITING OF 3NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGNS (ILLUMINATED BY LEDS), 1NO. NON-ILLUMINATED VINYL SIGN, 1NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED TOTEM SIGN (ILLUMINATED BY LEDS) AND 1NO. NON-ILLUMINATED TOTEM SIGN

    Paragon Business Park Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 6HG

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  12. Decided00321/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF REAR EXTENSION.

    The Thomas Egerton 272 Blackburn Road Bolton BL7 9SR

    Received 20 Feb 2026
  13. Decided00322/26

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 16 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 19739/25 TO ALLOW AMENDMENTS TO PLOT 1 (TO INCLUDE INCREASE IN RIDGE HEIGHT BY 0.5M, AMENDMENTS TO FENESTRATION AND PATIO AND ALTERATIONS TO VEHICLE ACCESS)

    Grundy Fold Farm Chorley Old Road Bolton BL6 6QA

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  14. Decided00323/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    4 Oxford Grove Bolton BL1 3AN

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  15. Decided00324/26

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    157 Newbrook Road Bolton BL5 1EY

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  16. Deposited00325/26

    CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT LAND TO CAR PARK WITH 27 NO. PARKING SPACES TOGETHER WITH ALTERATION TO ACCESS

    Car Park Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7JZ

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  17. Decided00327/26

    ERECTION OF ADDITIONAL STOREY TO BUNGALOW

    3 Chelwood Close Bolton BL1 7LN

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  18. Decided00328/26

    CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM DWELLING TO RESTAURANT / CAF� (CLASS E) AND FORMATION OF 1NO. SELF CONTAINED 4-BEDROOM FLAT AT FIRST FLOOR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO SHOP FRONT AND SITING OF A FLUE AT REAR

    78 Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7LE

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  19. Decided00329/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 25 (PILING) ON APPLICATION 09775/20

    Land South Of Mytham Road Mytham Road Bolton

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  20. Decided00330/26

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    24 Stoney Bank Stoneclough Radcliffe Bolton M26 1SA

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  21. Decided00331/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR SITING OF 1 NO TEMPORARY WORKERS ACCOMMODATION.

    Mini Meadows Old Kiln Lane Bolton BL1 7PY

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  22. Decided00332/26

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ROOF AND RAINWATER GOODS REPAIRS INCLUDING SPLICE REPAIRS TO TRUSSES, RAFTERS AND PURLINS AND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL DOWNPIPE

    Sheep House Farm Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 7NU

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  23. Decided00334/26

    ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR SIDE AND TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH CONVERSION OF GARAGE INTO HABITABLE ROOM.

    11 Broadway Bolton BL4 0HQ

    Received 23 Feb 2026
  24. Decided00335/26

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 15780/23 TO INCREASE REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION BY 900MM

    815 St Helens Road Bolton BL5 1AG

    Received 23 Feb 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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