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.
4,822 approved · 607 refused · 299 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to South of Victoria Retail Park (Opposite 69-87 Bolton Road), Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2AH
Received 8 Mar 2022110 Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QJ
Received 8 Mar 20224 Moss Shaw Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4QH
Received 8 Mar 202224 Clough Meadow Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3RY
Received 9 Mar 202256 Stanford Hall Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FD
Received 9 Mar 20229 Brook Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8FR
Received 9 Mar 2022174 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AW
Received 10 Mar 202275 Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UT
Received 10 Mar 202216 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 10 Mar 2022103 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EG
Received 11 Mar 202210 Beechwood Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BH
Received 11 Mar 20223 Ribbleton Close, Bury, BL8 2TH
Received 14 Mar 202212 Caldy Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TY
Received 14 Mar 202236 Church Meadow, Bury, BL9 8JF
Received 14 Mar 202211 Thornham Close, Bury, BL8 1HH
Received 14 Mar 202211 Redmere Drive, Bury, BL9 9GB
Received 14 Mar 2022Kingfisher Park, Aviation Road, Bury, BL9 8GD
Received 14 Mar 202212 Cliff Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NT
Received 14 Mar 202234 Dorset Drive, Bury, BL9 9DW
Received 14 Mar 202226 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QN
Received 14 Mar 20224 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BL
Received 14 Mar 20222 Cherry Avenue, Bury, BL9 7NA
Received 15 Mar 202259 Bury Old Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TB
Received 15 Mar 202210 Church Meadow, Bury, BL9 8JF
Received 15 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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