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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
7,618Searchable applications
56Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,762 approved or refused records
1,075Refused applications

4,687 approved · 1,075 refused · 214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Feb 2022 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided00484/26

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    5 Bideford Drive Bolton BL2 6TE

    Received 17 Mar 2026
  2. Decided00485/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    21 Avonhead Close Bolton BL6 5QD

    Received 17 Mar 2026
  3. Decided00487/26

    INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

    Land At Lomax Way Lomax Way Bolton BL5 1FQ

    Received 17 Mar 2026
  4. Decided00488/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    47 Grosvenor Street Bolton BL3 1QZ

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  5. Decided00489/26

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 8 (REASONABLE AVOIDANCE MEASURES FOR AMPHIBIANS) ON APPLICATION 18884/24

    Land West Of Slack Lane Slack Lane Bolton

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  6. Decided00492/26

    DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    67 Melbourne Road Bolton BL3 5RW

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  7. Decided00493/26

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING AT REAR TOGETHER WITH A RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE SITING OF A REAR AND SIDE BOUNDARY FENCE

    73 Junction Road Bolton BL3 4NF

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  8. Decided00496/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) FOR ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DINING HALL.

    Mount St Joseph Rc School Greenland Road Bolton BL4 0HT

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  9. Decided00497/26

    DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY REAR WRAP-AROUND EXTENSION WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT WITH INTEGRATED GABLE ROOF PORCH. DRIVEWAY EXTENDED TO FRONT OF PROPERTY FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING

    116 Lightbounds Road Bolton BL1 5UP

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  10. Decided00498/26

    ERECTION OF RAISED PATIO TO REAR AND SIDE WITH GARAGE CONVERSION AND FULL RENDER OF DWELLING

    335 Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9UX

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  11. Decided00500/26

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE INTO 1 NO. DWELLING.

    School Uniform Shop Monkhouse Bolton School 3 Dobson Road Bolton BL1 4RL

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  12. Deposited00501/26

    CREATION OF CAR PARK AND NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS WITH FORMATION OF NO. 20 CAR PARKING SPACES AND 2 NO. CYCLE SPACES.

    Land Adjacent To Back Dorset Street And Back Bradford Street West Bolton BL2 1HR

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  13. Decided00502/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED OUTBUILDING WITH DECKING TO FRONT.

    The New Barn Top O Th Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  14. Decided00503/26

    ERECTION OF NO.1 DWELLING

    Land Between Stopes Road And Salisbury Terrace Stopes Road Bolton BL3 1NW

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  15. Decided00504/26

    PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF 2NO. DWELLINGS

    Land Adjacent Hawthorn Cottage Little Scotland Bolton BL6 5LW

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  16. Deposited00505/26

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING AND LAYOUT) FOR THE ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 13050/22.

    Maelgwyn Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5LS

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  17. Decided00506/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 (LAND CONTAMINATION - PRE COMMENCEMENT) ON APPLICATION 18737/24

    Land South Of Roxalina Street Roxalina Street Bolton BL3 6PW

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  18. Decided00507/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    3 Park Edge Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2QQ

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  19. Decided00508/26

    ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION, INSERTION OF ROOF LIGHTS AND CONVERSION OF GARAGE INTO HABITABLE ROOM, AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING

    Bumble Bee Cottage Hampsons Farm Coal Pit Road Bolton BL1 7PE

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  20. Decided00510/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (TREE PROTECTION), 4 (METHOD STATEMENT), 6 (MATERIALS), 7 (LANDSCAPE SCHEME) AND 10 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT SCHEME) ON APPLICATION 15841/23 (AS AMENDED BY NMA 00725/26)

    16 Delph Avenue Bolton BL7 9TT

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  21. Decided00511/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 5 (ACOUSTIC INSULATION AND VENTILATION DETAILS), 6 (SOIL TESTING METHODOLOGY), AND 8 (BAT AND BIRD BOXES) ON APPLICATION 20585/25.

    Withins Nursing Home 38 - 40 Withins Lane Bolton BL2 5DZ

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  22. Deposited00513/26

    OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF UP TO 100 NO. DWELLINGS COMPRISING OF VEHICULAR ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE (ACCESS DETAILS ONLY)

    Land East Of Chew Moor Lane Chew Moor Lane Bolton BL5 3EN

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  23. Decided00514/26

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 20824/25 TO AMEND COLOUR OF FIRST FLOOR PANELS, GROUND FLOOR DOORS, REAR SCREENS, INTERNAL LAYOUT OF CLASSROOMS AND LAYOUT OF EXTERNAL/OUTDOOR AREA TO SOUTH

    Firwood House Crompton Way Bolton BL2 2PE

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  24. Decided00515/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 (EXTERNAL MATERIALS) AND 7 (HABITAT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 20824/25 (AS AMENDED BY NMA 00514/26)

    Firwood House Crompton Way Bolton BL2 2PE

    Received 20 Mar 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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