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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.
4,529 approved · 578 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
391A Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PS
Received 27 Oct 20217 Hartley Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AT
Received 26 Oct 2021266 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received 27 Oct 20213 St Johns Square, Bury, BL9 0JL
Received 27 Oct 2021120 St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9GJ
Received 28 Oct 20216 Agecroft Road West, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RL
Received 28 Oct 202160 Gate Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2AF
Received 28 Oct 2021145 Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QA
Received 28 Oct 2021Wickes Building Supplies Ltd, Moor Street, Bury, BL9 5AQ
Received 29 Oct 20218 Droughts Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2ST
Received 29 Oct 2021152 Downham Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BS
Received 29 Oct 20211 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ
Received 29 Oct 20213 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ
Received 29 Oct 202114 Ludlow Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TD
Received 1 Nov 202131 Lansdowne Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9WE
Received 1 Nov 20213-D, Unit D3, Chamberhall Business Park, Harvard Road, Bury, BL9 0ES
Received 1 Nov 202118 Dudley Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BS
Received 1 Nov 202155 Arley Avenue, Bury, BL9 5HG
Received 1 Nov 2021Burrs View, Touch Road, Bury, BL9 5QS
Received 2 Nov 2021322 Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QG
Received 2 Nov 2021Burrs View, Touch Road, Bury, BL9 5QS
Received 2 Nov 202130 Tintern Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8WY
Received 2 Nov 2021Block A, Clerke Street, Bury, BL9 0PN
Received 2 Nov 2021Block A, Clerke Street, Bury, BL9 0PN
Received 2 Nov 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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