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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.
4,852 approved · 613 refused · 299 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Kendal Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SP
Received 21 Mar 2022181 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1RX
Received 21 Mar 202298 Wellington Road, Bury, BL9 9BQ
Received 22 Mar 2022Higher House, Moor Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NX
Received 22 Mar 2022Land to rear of 325-335 Ainsworth Road (on Snape Street)
Received 22 Mar 202244 and 46 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DJ
Received 22 Mar 20226 Hill Top Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LL
Received 23 Mar 2022Tottington Manor Farm, Turton Road, Bury, BL8 3QQ
Received 16 Mar 20228 Market Street, Bury, BL9 0AJ
Received 23 Mar 20226 Kingston Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2XN
Received 24 Mar 20225 Stock Street, Burrs, Bury, BL8 1BU
Received 24 Mar 202255 Milton Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PT
Received 24 Mar 202262 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FA
Received 24 Mar 2022Land at corner of Ribchester Drive and Radcliffe Road
Received 24 Mar 202210 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1LH
Received 25 Mar 202256 Kirklees Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3NY
Received 25 Mar 2022179 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AF
Received 28 Mar 202234 Brooklawn Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2GS
Received 28 Mar 20223 Oakwood Close, Bury, BL8 1DD
Received 28 Mar 202294 Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 7RW
Received 28 Mar 202215 Ravens Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FU
Received 28 Mar 202212 Birch Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DP
Received 28 Mar 202223 Wadebridge Drive, Bury, BL8 2NN
Received 28 Mar 2022Rose And Crown, Cockey Moor Road, Radcliffe, Bury, BL8 2HB
Received 28 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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