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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.
4,404 approved · 564 refused · 271 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Stanford Hall Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FD
Received 22 Oct 2020253 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1DH
Received 22 Oct 202025 Simister Green, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RY
Received 22 Oct 2020Pavement at Walshaw Road (adjacent to field between 501 & 551 Walshaw Road), Bury, BL8 3AF
Received 22 Oct 2020136 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1GS
Received 22 Oct 202025 Simister Green, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RY
Received 22 Oct 202019 Cobden Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4HR
Received 23 Oct 2020Unit 3, Irwell Works, Lower Woodhill Road, Bury, BL8 1AA
Received 23 Oct 2020Former Redisher Works, Holcombe Old Road, Bury, BL8 4NQ
Received 23 Oct 202010-12 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AX
Received 23 Oct 202036 Hillside Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7SH
Received 26 Oct 202026 Mile Lane, Bury, BL8 2JE
Received 26 Oct 202035 Ringley Chase, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UA
Received 26 Oct 202052 Ridge Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8FN
Received 26 Oct 2020Hurst Farm, Copper Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7TQ
Received 26 Oct 202041 Arthur Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PR
Received 27 Oct 2020Land adjacent allotments, between Fern Street, Kenyon Street & Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0AL
Received 27 Oct 2020463 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AD
Received 28 Oct 2020110 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2RS
Received 28 Oct 2020Land adjacent to Shrewsbury House, Lowther Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QG
Received 28 Oct 20207 Lower Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NS
Received 28 Oct 202020 Parksway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JB
Received 30 Oct 2020Knowsley House, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 30 Oct 2020Land to south of Deardens Street, Bury
Received 11 Jan 2021Records 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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