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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,221 approved · 544 refused · 259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2020 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
15 Chiltern Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LF
Received 10 Sept 2020107 Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9JB
Received 10 Sept 20205 Woodhill Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AE
Received 10 Sept 20201C Smithy Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AT
Received 11 Sept 202038 Chapeltown Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YF
Received 10 Sept 20206 Kentsford Drive, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3XX
Received 11 Sept 202011 Sandy Meade, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PR
Received 11 Sept 20202 Old Hall Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QW
Received 11 Sept 202028 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HX
Received 14 Sept 2020598 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DR
Received 14 Sept 202023 Hereford Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JA
Received 14 Sept 2020125 Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7WH
Received 14 Sept 2020Lake Hill, Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1PT
Received 14 Sept 20204 Lichfield Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HX
Received 15 Sept 202012 Lepp Crescent, Bury, BL8 1HX
Received 14 Sept 2020119 Cornwall Drive, Bury, BL9 9EX
Received 15 Sept 2020485 Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TB
Received 15 Sept 202019 Fieldhead Avenue, Bury, BL8 2LX
Received 15 Sept 2020Junction of Butterstile Lane & Sandy Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PS
Received 15 Sept 202011 Castlebrook Close, Bury, BL9 8JE
Received 16 Sept 202015 Lodge Side, Bury, BL8 2SW
Received 16 Sept 202013 Bradford Terrace, Bury, BL9 0TT
Received 17 Sept 202017 Turf Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3SZ
Received 17 Sept 2020Industrial site between River Irwell & York Street, Bury
Received 17 Sept 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bury 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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