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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
7,718Searchable applications
56Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,840 approved or refused records
1,083Refused applications

4,757 approved · 1,083 refused · 219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Deposited00786/26

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF OUTBUILDING COMPRISING OF COLD STORAGE SPACE.

    Unit B Horsfield Street Bolton BL3 4LU

    Received 29 Apr 2026
  2. Decided00788/26

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE WITH DORMER

    18 Braybrook Drive Bolton BL1 5XA

    Received 30 Apr 2026
  3. Decided00793/26

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING (S191) FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF DWELLING (CLASS C3)

    Shorefield House Dunscar Fold Bolton BL7 9EH

    Received 30 Apr 2026
  4. Decided00794/26

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 91352/14 TO AMEND WORDING ON CONDITION 7 (APPROVED PLANS), 26 (ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLAN), 38 (DESIGN CODE) AND 39 (DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT)

    Land At Former Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Fettlers Way Bolton BL6 5UE

    Received 30 Apr 2026
  5. Decided00795/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    13 Woodbine Road Bolton BL3 3JH

    Received 30 Apr 2026
  6. Decided00796/26

    APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING

    Land To East Of Scholars Rise Scholars Rise Bolton

    Received 30 Apr 2026
  7. Decided00797/26

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (3.50M LONG; 3.60M MAX HEIGHT; 2.40M EAVES HEIGHT)

    128 Tetbury Drive Bolton BL2 5NS

    Received 1 May 2026
  8. Deposited00798/26

    HIGH HEDGES COMPLAINT

    121 - 123 Wigan Road Bolton BL5 3RH

    Received 1 May 2026
  9. Decided00799/26

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND ALTERATION TO THE SIZE OF FIRST FLOOR WINDOW

    79 Trent Way Bolton BL4 8PS

    Received 1 May 2026
  10. Decided00800/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT), 4 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) AND 5 (OIL INTERCEPTORS) ON APPLICATION 17785/24.

    Burnden Works Burnden Business Park Burnden Road Bolton BL3 2RB

    Received 1 May 2026
  11. Decided00801/26

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM SHOP TO DWELLING/SHOP ON GROUND FLOOR.

    Ground Floor 173 Belmont Road Bolton BL1 7AW

    Received 1 May 2026
  12. Decided00802/26

    FELLING OF 1 NO. LIME AND OAK

    The White House Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AS

    Received 1 May 2026
  13. Decided00803/26

    NOI EXPIREDNOTICE OF INTENTION TO:- PART A - FELL 1 NO. ASHPART B - PRUNE 1 NO. SYCAMORE, 2 NO. OAK

    Red Cot Mill Lane Bolton BL6 6AQ

    Received 1 May 2026
  14. Decided00804/26

    PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6:00M LONG; 3:60M MAX HEIGHT; 2.60M EAVES HEIGHT)

    26 Grierson Street Bolton BL1 8EP

    Received 4 May 2026
  15. Decided00805/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    218 Deane Church Lane Bolton BL3 4EW

    Received 4 May 2026
  16. Decided00806/26

    PRUNING OF 1 NO. BIRCH AND 1 NO. PINE.

    11 Dobb Brow Road Bolton BL5 2AY

    Received 4 May 2026
  17. Decided00807/26

    PART A: APPROVE - PRUNE 1 NO. BEECH, 1 NO. SYCAMORE AND OAK. FELL 1 NO. LIME.PART B: REFUSE - PRUNE 1 NO. BEECH

    39 The Woodlands Bolton BL6 4JD

    Received 4 May 2026
  18. Deposited00808/26

    ERECTION OF 28NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS, LANDSCAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE

    Land Between Cox Green Road And Blackburn Road Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9QE

    Received 5 May 2026
  19. Decided00809/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 10 (BIODIVERSITY), 17 (DRAINAGE SCHEME), 20 (BADGER SURVEY) AND 21 (NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 07245/19.

    Horwich Golf Club Victoria Road Bolton BL6 5PH

    Received 5 May 2026
  20. Decided00811/26

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OFFICES (CLASS E) TO 8 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)

    First And Second Floor 172 - 174 Crook Street Bolton BL3 6AS

    Received 5 May 2026
  21. Decided00812/26

    INSTALLATION OF 7 NO. WINDOWS TO SIDE ELEVATION

    Unit 11A And 11B Britannia Way Bolton BL2 2HH

    Received 5 May 2026
  22. Deposited00813/26

    APPLICATION FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF YARD 1 AS VEHICLE STORAGE AND YARD 2 AS CAR SALES LOT

    Land For Yard 1 And 2 Nelson Street Bolton BL3 2JW

    Received 5 May 2026
  23. Decided00815/26

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND WIDENING OF REAR VEHICLE ACCESS.

    13 Sevenoaks Drive Bolton BL3 3ED

    Received 6 May 2026
  24. Decided00816/26

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (PART 3) (MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN) ON APPLICATION 18036/24 (AS AMENDED BY NMA APPLICATION 21027/25)

    Vacant Car Park Dinsdale Drive Bolton BL3 5JE

    Received 6 May 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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