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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.
4,508 approved · 576 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
182 Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 9EG
Received 22 Oct 202113 Talbot Grove, Bury, BL9 6PH
Received 22 Oct 2021Bury Unit 7, Stewart Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 1SF
Received 22 Oct 2021The Gatehouse, Woodhill Road, Bury, BL8 1BN
Received 25 Oct 202124 Woodroyd Drive, Bury, BL9 7NH
Received 25 Oct 202137 Salisbury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4GD
Received 25 Oct 20211 Tor Hey Mews, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HJ
Received 25 Oct 20213 Parkhills Close, Bury, BL9 9HB
Received 25 Oct 20213 New Field Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UX
Received 25 Oct 20215 New Field Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UX
Received 25 Oct 20219 Riverside Drive, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5QX
Received 25 Oct 2021424 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BD
Received 25 Oct 20214 Mardale Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RG
Received 25 Oct 2021St John Shuttleworth, Whalley Road, Ramsbottom, BL0 0EF
Received 22 Oct 20213 Charlbury Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FJ
Received 25 Oct 202162 East Street, Bury, BL9 0RX
Received 25 Oct 202121 Greenheys Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QD
Received 26 Oct 202152 Tanners Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9ES
Received 25 Oct 2021Hollingrove Barn, Redisher Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4HX
Received 26 Oct 20213 Ryecroft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HZ
Received 26 Oct 2021Land adjacent 5 Stubbins Lane, Ramsbottom, BL0 0PU
Received 26 Oct 20211 Vale Avenue, Bury, BL9 9LW
Received 26 Oct 2021170 Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2GF
Received 26 Oct 202151 Woodhall Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QE
Received 26 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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