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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.
4,814 approved · 606 refused · 298 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tottington High School, Laurel Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LY
Received 3 Mar 2022300 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JB
Received 3 Mar 20223 Kimble Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QQ
Received 3 Mar 20224A Queens Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LB
Received 4 Mar 2022254 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2GR
Received 4 Mar 2022107 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FQ
Received 4 Mar 202297 Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9LD
Received 4 Mar 20228 Chandos Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WW
Received 4 Mar 202245 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EY
Received 4 Mar 20229 Peveril Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6NS
Received 4 Mar 2022Land at Burns Avenue, (rear of 26-28 St Peters Road), Bury, BL9 9RB
Received 7 Mar 20224 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 7 Mar 202213 Mayfair Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AR
Received 7 Mar 202213 Mayfair Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AR
Received 7 Mar 202229 Jubilee Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LX
Received 7 Mar 202277 Downham Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BR
Received 8 Mar 2022Mcdonalds Ltd, Pilkington Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 0SB
Received 8 Mar 2022131-133 Whalley Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DG
Received 8 Mar 202219 Guest Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DJ
Received 8 Mar 20226 Mere Close, Bury, BL9 8NY
Received 8 Mar 202268 Hathaway Road, Bury, BL9 8EG
Received 8 Mar 202215 Eastbrook Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2RT
Received 8 Mar 202222 Turton Close, Bury, BL8 2EE
Received 8 Mar 20221 Carnforth Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DQ
Received 7 Mar 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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