Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,226 approved · 545 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
89 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JG
Received 17 Sept 2020119 Downham Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BG
Received 18 Sept 20207 Lancaster Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HZ
Received 18 Sept 2020129 Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NL
Received 21 Sept 2020The Fairways, Hove Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QF
Received 21 Sept 202019 Marston Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8JR
Received 21 Sept 20208 Westbourne Avenue, Whitefield,, Manchester, M45 7RY
Received 21 Sept 20204 Lynmouth Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TH
Received 21 Sept 2020112 Fieldhead Avenue, Bury, BL8 2NA
Received 21 Sept 20205 Holmfield Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BH
Received 21 Sept 20205 Holmfield Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BH
Received 21 Sept 2020Site of Tottington Motor Co, Market Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LS
Received 22 Sept 202040 Apollo Avenue, Bury, BL9 8HG
Received 23 Sept 20207 Parrenthorn Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RH
Received 23 Sept 202012 Wroxham Close, Bury, BL8 1EN
Received 23 Sept 202033 Bland Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NW
Received 23 Sept 202060 Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NH
Received 23 Sept 2020Bury Waste Water Treatment Works, Crossfield Street, Bury, BL9 9TF
Received 24 Sept 20207 Oakdale Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LU
Received 24 Sept 202018 Benson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EP
Received 24 Sept 2020Former Jolly Carters, 207 Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JY
Received 24 Sept 202014 The Meadows, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1DT
Received 25 Sept 202013 & 15 Windsor Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DD
Received 25 Sept 20203 Mayfield Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TB
Received 25 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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