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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.
4,430 approved · 567 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Five Acre Farm, 90 Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QW
Received 5 Aug 2021Hollins House Farm, 247 Hollins Lane, Bury, BL9 8AS
Received 6 Aug 20215 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LD
Received 6 Aug 20212 Holcombe Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1SE
Received 10 Aug 2021Loebank Farm, Bolton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JA
Received 16 Aug 2021Bury Athletic Track, Market Street, Bury, BL9 9FX
Received 16 Aug 2021Land off Poppythorn Lane, Prestwich
Received 16 Aug 2021161 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PJ
Received 17 Aug 2021425 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AF
Received 18 Aug 202119 Throstle Grove, Bury, BL8 1EB
Received 17 Aug 2021St Marys Park, St Marys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1GG
Received 19 Aug 20211 Green Street, Tottington, BL8 3BJ
Received 19 Aug 2021162 Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QZ
Received 25 Aug 2021Derby Garage, Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9NS
Received 26 Aug 20214 Royds Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QD
Received 27 Aug 202143 Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9SA
Received 27 Aug 2021The Coach House, Foot O Th Rake, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HE
Received 30 Aug 20218 Bellingham Close, Bury, BL8 2TU
Received 1 Sept 202116 Brierfield Drive, Bury, BL9 5JJ
Received 3 Sept 20215-9 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0YB
Received 3 Sept 2021Car Park, Buckley Street, Radcliffe
Received 3 Sept 2021411 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9RY
Received 6 Sept 2021282A & 282B Hollins Lane, Bury, BL9 8AY
Received 6 Sept 2021Former Ashworth, Miller Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4AF
Received 7 Sept 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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