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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.
4,535 approved · 578 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Bland Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WL
Received 2 Nov 20217 Vernon Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RA
Received 2 Nov 2021491 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RN
Received 3 Nov 202112-14 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0DX
Received 3 Nov 202112-14 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0DX
Received 3 Nov 202116 Kennedy Drive, Bury, BL9 8PN
Received 3 Nov 20218 Mayfair Grove, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BQ
Received 3 Nov 202117 Colinwood Close, Bury, BL9 8HQ
Received 3 Nov 202161 Prestwich Hills, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PY
Received 4 Nov 202113 Apollo Avenue, Bury, BL9 8HG
Received 4 Nov 20217 Henwick Hall Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9YH
Received 4 Nov 202158 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LN
Received 5 Nov 202117 Whitelegge Street, Bury, BL8 1SW
Received 5 Nov 2021112 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LE
Received 4 Nov 20213 Park Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DA
Received 5 Nov 2021120 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PT
Received 8 Nov 2021133 Ribble Drive, Bury, BL9 6RS
Received 8 Nov 20214 Hill Top Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LL
Received 8 Nov 2021Unit A, Block A, Clerke Street, Bury, BL9 0PN
Received 5 Nov 2021588 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9SU
Received 8 Nov 202145 Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9SA
Received 8 Nov 202112 Jesmond Drive, Bury, BL8 1EE
Received 8 Nov 202139 Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HP
Received 8 Nov 2021Land to the rear of 55 Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QR
Received 8 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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