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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.
4,455 approved · 570 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
433 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AF
Received 27 Sept 2021Fernhill Caravan Site, Every Street, Bury, BL9 5BE
Received 27 Sept 2021East Lancs Paper Mill, Church Street East, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 9PG
Received 27 Sept 2021559 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9ST
Received 28 Sept 2021214 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JS
Received 28 Sept 2021Red Hall, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NA
Received 29 Sept 2021230 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LR
Received 4 Oct 2021139 Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6SB
Received 4 Oct 2021Rapallo Ristorante, High Street, Walshaw, Bury, BL8 3AG
Received 4 Oct 202121 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QQ
Received 4 Oct 2021Moss View, 4 Killy Lane, Bury, BL9 8GA
Received 4 Oct 202182 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LL
Received 4 Oct 20211 Parkside Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2QS
Received 4 Oct 2021165-167 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JR
Received 4 Oct 2021Our Lady Of Lourdes Roman Catholic County Primary, Rudgwick Drive, Bury, BL8 1YA
Received 5 Oct 2021121-131 Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6BB
Received 5 Oct 202145 Whitecroft Drive, Bury, BL8 2TR
Received 5 Oct 202117 Bent Fold Drive, Bury, BL9 8NG
Received 5 Oct 2021385 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8PH
Received 5 Oct 202131 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DH
Received 5 Oct 202119 St Marys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AQ
Received 6 Oct 202187 Kenmore Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ES
Received 5 Oct 202111 Farm Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RX
Received 6 Oct 202148 Woodhey Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RB
Received 8 Oct 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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