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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.
4,832 approved · 608 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
5 Jesmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NG
Received 9 Mar 202249 Grantham Drive, Bury, BL8 1XW
Received 15 Mar 2022530 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BD
Received 15 Mar 202211 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 15 Mar 2022129 Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NL
Received 15 Mar 2022Unit B, Moorgate Retail Park, Bury, BL9 7AQ
Received 16 Mar 2022197 Whittingham Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NY
Received 16 Mar 2022176 Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0AX
Received 16 Mar 20224 Shipper Bottom Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DB
Received 16 Mar 2022Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Hollymount Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HS
Received 16 Mar 20228 Dales Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7RL
Received 17 Mar 2022Moss View, 4 Killy Lane, Bury, BL9 8GA
Received 17 Mar 202234 Byron Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4EN
Received 17 Mar 202286 Topping Fold Road, Bury, BL9 7NS
Received 18 Mar 202214 Cleveland Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FH
Received 18 Mar 2022100 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PT
Received 18 Mar 202210 Lumb Carr Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QG
Received 18 Mar 2022Glenside, St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QE
Received 18 Mar 202293 Hutchinson Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3AB
Received 21 Mar 20225 Blackburn Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FT
Received 21 Mar 202234 Hutchinson Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3AB
Received 21 Mar 202267 Hutchinson Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3AB
Received 21 Mar 202239 Derwent Drive, Bury, BL9 9LS
Received 21 Mar 20224 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 21 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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