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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.
4,872 approved · 621 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Suite 12a, 79-81 Imperial House, Hornby Street, Bury, BL9 5BN
Received 8 Apr 202226 Wilton Drive, Bury, BL9 8BG
Received 8 Apr 2022317 Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1PX
Received 8 Apr 2022Land Adjacent to No. 11 Dovehouse Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PE
Received 8 Apr 202284 Tamworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UA
Received 11 Apr 2022266 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LU
Received 11 Apr 20226 Stanmere Court, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JQ
Received 11 Apr 2022344 Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RL
Received 11 Apr 2022243 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JA
Received 12 Apr 20226 Birch Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HW
Received 12 Apr 202215 Orange Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LR
Received 12 Apr 202260 Marle Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NB
Received 12 Apr 2022Bealey Industrial Estate, Hallam Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2BD
Received 12 Apr 2022142-144 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HE
Received 12 Apr 2022Heaton House, Brierley Street, Bury, BL9 9HN
Received 12 Apr 202217 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 13 Apr 202228 Elm Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DR
Received 7 Apr 202234 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AT
Received 13 Apr 2022Bast House, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ
Received 11 Apr 2022Bast House Barns, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ
Received 11 Apr 202228 Sumner Avenue, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5RQ
Received 12 Apr 20221 Clyde Terrace, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4PL
Received 12 Apr 20228 Sherbourne Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UP
Received 12 Apr 202230 Southfield Avenue, Bury, BL9 5HS
Received 14 Apr 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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