Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,559 approved · 578 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
8 Stokesay Close, Bury, BL9 8DB
Received 22 Nov 2021The Bridles, 2 Riders Gate, Bury, BL9 7RD
Received 23 Nov 2021Land at 12 Holthouse Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JP
Received 23 Nov 20214 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 24 Nov 202175 Carr Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TW
Received 24 Nov 202110 Heapworth Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9EH
Received 24 Nov 2021256 Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AJ
Received 24 Nov 202171 Bishops Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AS
Received 24 Nov 20211 Charlbury Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FJ
Received 24 Nov 202138 Edenfield Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EE
Received 25 Nov 202162 Harper Fold Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3RU
Received 24 Nov 2021The Pilot Mill, Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 9EF
Received 25 Nov 202147 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG
Received 25 Nov 202125 Shepherds Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BL
Received 26 Nov 20216 Bramworth Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9EJ
Received 29 Nov 202187 Mount Pleasant, Nangreaves, Bury, BL9 6SP
Received 24 Nov 20211 Charlbury Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FJ
Received 29 Nov 20215 Topping Street, Bury, BL9 6DR
Received 29 Nov 20218 Chapeltown Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YF
Received 30 Nov 202117 Kibworth Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LS
Received 30 Nov 202178 Riverside Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2PZ
Received 30 Nov 2021Salisbury Conservative Club, Badger Street, Bury, BL9 6AD
Received 30 Nov 202123 The Square, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UL
Received 30 Nov 2021Island at junction of Pilkington Way/Mill Street/Outwood Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LD
Received 30 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage