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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.
4,703 approved · 587 refused · 295 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jun 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FT
Received 22 Dec 2021439 Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LJ
Received 23 Dec 2021Former Viridor Waste, Buckley Lane, Prestwich
Received 23 Dec 2021Singleton Court, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 8FX
Received 23 Dec 20215 Woodhill Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BF
Received 23 Dec 202111 Harrogate Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LT
Received 24 Dec 20217 Hartley Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AT
Received 24 Dec 202153 Bland Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WG
Received 28 Dec 20217 Deansgate, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SH
Received 30 Dec 202135 Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0ST
Received 23 Dec 20215 School Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RJ
Received 24 Dec 202115 Turton Close, Bury, BL8 2EE
Received 3 Jan 2022305 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4LY
Received 4 Jan 20222 Northurst Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LS
Received 4 Jan 2022Land on the south east side of Milltown Street, Radcliffe
Received 5 Jan 20228 Barnhill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NH
Received 5 Jan 202242 Kendal Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SY
Received 5 Jan 202268 Sandy Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NB
Received 6 Jan 202214 Ringstone Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PZ
Received 6 Jan 202224 Brookfield, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1EL
Received 6 Jan 202213 Timberhurst, Bury, BL9 7NZ
Received 8 Mar 2022156 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1QL
Received 7 Jan 202269 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LW
Received 7 Jan 20223 Alba Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 4NA
Received 5 Jan 2022Records 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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