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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.
4,877 approved · 622 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
606 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DR
Received 14 Apr 20222 Croftlands, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SD
Received 14 Apr 202282 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LP
Received 14 Apr 202238 Scott Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9GN
Received 14 Apr 202212 Queens Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HQ
Received 19 Apr 202236 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1LL
Received 19 Apr 2022Park Hill Place, 1 Bury Old Road, Prestwich
Received 19 Apr 202210 Ross Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7FH
Received 14 Apr 202232 Lichfield Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HX
Received 14 Apr 2022115 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GT
Received 14 Apr 20226-8 Thatch Leach Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BE
Received 19 Apr 20226-8 Thatch Leach Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BE
Received 19 Apr 20227 Wilton Gardens, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UP
Received 19 Apr 202211 Brookfield Road, Bury, BL9 5LA
Received 20 Apr 2022102 Cuckoo Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2NG
Received 20 Apr 202216 Tipton Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WZ
Received 20 Apr 202231 Normandy Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3TD
Received 20 Apr 202244 Shepherd Street, Bury, BL9 0RT
Received 20 Apr 2022433 Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LJ
Received 21 Apr 2022Unit F1, The Rock Shopping Centre, Bury, BL9 0NN
Received 21 Apr 202212 Bamford Close, Bury, BL9 7TR
Received 21 Apr 20229 Valley Avenue, Bury, BL8 1FA
Received 22 Apr 202253 Cunningham Drive, Bury, BL9 8PD
Received 21 Apr 2022Land adjacent to 17 Settle Close, Bury, BL8 2TP
Received 22 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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