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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.
4,735 approved · 593 refused · 295 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
37 Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6SD
Received 24 Jan 2022Greenmount Cricket Club, Brandlesholme Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DX
Received 25 Jan 2022185 Rochdale Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7BB
Received 25 Jan 2022185 Rochdale Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7BB
Received 25 Jan 2022377 Middleton Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M24 4QZ
Received 25 Jan 202219 Willingdon Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PA
Received 26 Jan 202258 South Cross Street, Bury, BL9 0RS
Received 26 Jan 20227 Brookside Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BG
Received 27 Jan 2022Marks & Spencer, Unit C The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JL
Received 27 Jan 2022449A Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AF
Received 27 Jan 2022449A Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AF
Received 27 Jan 2022154 Scobell Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3ED
Received 27 Jan 2022Lakeland Furnishings, York Street, Bury, BL9 7AR
Received 27 Jan 2022104 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DF
Received 27 Jan 202226 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LD
Received 27 Jan 202235 Sedgley Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BJ
Received 28 Jan 2022McDonald's, Park 66, Pilsworth Road, BL9 8RD
Received 28 Jan 2022Land at York Street, Radcliffe, Manchester
Received 28 Jan 2022561 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DJ
Received 28 Jan 20229 Moorway, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4LF
Received 1 Feb 2022Unit B, Moorgate Retail Park, Bury, BL9 7AQ
Received 1 Feb 202218 Greendale Drive, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1UQ
Received 1 Feb 202230 Brookdene Road, Bury, BL9 8ND
Received 1 Feb 202257 Hawkstone Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PR
Received 1 Feb 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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