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.
4,727 approved · 592 refused · 295 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
297 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7SE
Received 13 Jan 202228 Cheviot Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LL
Received 17 Jan 2022378 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DT
Received 17 Jan 2022126 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HE
Received 17 Jan 202246 Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1NQ
Received 17 Jan 2022130 Prestwich Hills, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PY
Received 18 Jan 202274 Boundary Drive, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RU
Received 19 Jan 2022589 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9ST
Received 18 Jan 20228 Cheviot Close, Bury, BL8 1RA
Received 18 Jan 2022Britannia Mill, Samuel Street, Bury, BL9 6PG
Received 18 Jan 2022Blocks 1-7 Rectory Green, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BQ
Received 18 Jan 202249 Bolton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JA
Received 19 Jan 20221 Meadow View, Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, M26 1DL
Received 20 Jan 202212 Raylees, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HW
Received 20 Jan 20229 Tewkesbury Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HR
Received 20 Jan 202240 Trimingham Drive, Bury, BL8 1JW
Received 20 Jan 202246 Boundary Drive, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RU
Received 20 Jan 2022Titus Barn, Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QR
Received 20 Jan 202282 Watling Street, Bury, BL8 2TG
Received 20 Jan 2022Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BW
Received 20 Jan 2022Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BW
Received 20 Jan 20224-6 Clifton Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3HQ
Received 21 Jan 202214 Fairhaven Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QG
Received 21 Jan 202236A Longsight Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SN
Received 21 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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