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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.
4,582 approved · 578 refused · 284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Cobden Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4HR
Received 7 Dec 20214 Tor Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HG
Received 8 Dec 20211 Parkside Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2QS
Received 8 Dec 2021Land at Butterstile playing fields (between 57-63 Venwood Road & 206-210 Butterstile Lane), Venwood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9UH
Received 7 Dec 202167 Greenhill Road, Bury, BL8 2LL
Received 8 Dec 202123 Breeze Mount, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AH
Received 8 Dec 2021918 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 8DW
Received 9 Dec 202150 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JH
Received 8 Dec 20216 Wilton Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HD
Received 9 Dec 202170 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FN
Received 9 Dec 202138 Duckworth Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QH
Received 10 Dec 202140 Wellington Road, Bury, BL9 9BG
Received 9 Dec 202141 Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1NR
Received 9 Dec 2021195 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JW
Received 10 Dec 20212 Elton Vale Road, Bury, BL8 2SA
Received 13 Dec 202181 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG
Received 13 Dec 2021598 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DR
Received 13 Dec 202122 George Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WS
Received 13 Dec 2021144 Bolton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JA
Received 7 Dec 20217 Deansgate, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SH
Received 13 Dec 2021311 Hollins Lane, Bury, BL9 8BD
Received 14 Dec 20216 & 8 Mowbray Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LP
Received 15 Dec 202150 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0ER
Received 15 Dec 20215 Egerton Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FS
Received 15 Dec 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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