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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.
4,375 approved · 561 refused · 267 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Nov 2019 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Aviemore Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9WA
Received 5 Oct 202026 Stanford Hall Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FD
Received 5 Oct 2020Land at Manchester Road, Whitefield, Bury, BL9 9TD
Received 5 Oct 202026 Agecroft Road West, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RL
Received 6 Oct 20206 Randlesham Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1GY
Received 6 Oct 20206 Woodland Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WQ
Received 6 Oct 2020Land at side of 99 Dundee Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HG
Received 6 Oct 20209 Penrice Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UL
Received 7 Oct 2020Land off Kersal Vale Road, Prestwich, M7 3QN
Received 8 Oct 2020526 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1JH
Received 9 Oct 20207 Tamar Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8SJ
Received 9 Oct 2020Lower Nuttals Farm, Watling Street, Affetside, BL8 3QP
Received 9 Oct 202034 Stretton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DF
Received 9 Oct 20206 Dempsey Drive, Bury, BL9 8PE
Received 12 Oct 20204 Maple Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DQ
Received 12 Oct 2020Former Stables, Nutt Lane, Simister, Prestwich
Received 9 Oct 202032 Inglewhite Close, Bury, BL9 9NT
Received 12 Oct 2020Lower Dickfield, Kibboth Crew, Ramsbottom, BL0 9DR
Received 12 Oct 202049 Church Meadow, Bury, BL9 8JF
Received 9 Oct 202027 Wilton Drive, Bury, BL9 8BG
Received 12 Oct 2020Pilot Mill, Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 7EJ
Received 12 Oct 20204 Kensington Drive, Bury, BL8 2DE
Received 13 Oct 20206 St Peters Road, Bury, BL9 9RB
Received 14 Oct 2020Rayhome House, Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1PR
Received 14 Oct 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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