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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.
4,550 approved · 578 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Springside View, Bury, BL8 4LU
Received 17 Nov 202114 Sunningdale Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JX
Received 17 Nov 20215 Hazel Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EQ
Received 16 Nov 2021126 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AW
Received 17 Nov 20214 Westleigh Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EN
Received 17 Nov 202136 Duckworth Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QH
Received 18 Nov 2021Land adjacent to 6 Bentley Lane, Bury, BL9 6RZ
Received 15 Nov 202150 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DF
Received 18 Nov 202135 South Cross Street, Bury, BL9 0RS
Received 18 Nov 20212 Cook Street, Bury, BL9 0RP
Received 18 Nov 2021183 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AF
Received 18 Nov 2021185 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AF
Received 18 Nov 20217 Brookside Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BG
Received 19 Nov 2021Land between Butterstile Close & Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RS
Received 19 Nov 2021149 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7DZ
Received 22 Nov 202115 Palmerston Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9YN
Received 22 Nov 2021131 Newbold Street, Bury, BL8 2RL
Received 22 Nov 202127 Cotswold Crescent, Bury, BL8 1QF
Received 18 Nov 20215 Inglewood Close, Bury, BL9 7LD
Received 18 Nov 2021Derby High School, Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9NH
Received 22 Nov 2021Openshaw Fold Farm, Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4EP
Received 22 Nov 202127 Rainsough Brow, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9XW
Received 22 Nov 202119 Rivermead Way, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8SF
Received 22 Nov 20211 Holbeach Close, Bury, BL8 1XA
Received 22 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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