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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.
4,887 approved · 624 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Daneshill, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QL
Received 22 Apr 2022Land at York Street/Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2GL
Received 21 Apr 202252 Fieldhead Avenue, Bury, BL8 2LX
Received 25 Apr 202229 Chestnut Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QW
Received 25 Apr 202216 The Avenue, Bury, BL9 5DQ
Received 25 Apr 20228 Harwood Drive, Bury, BL8 2ED
Received 25 Apr 202212 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QN
Received 25 Apr 202226 Wilson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EF
Received 25 Apr 202224 Wilson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EF
Received 25 Apr 20226 Balcombe Close, Bury, BL8 4PL
Received 26 Apr 2022Goosefield Farm, Springside Road, Bury
Received 26 Apr 20224 Fletcher Close, Ramsbottom, BL0 0FU
Received 26 Apr 202222 St Georges Road, Bury, BL9 8JG
Received 26 Apr 202263 Stanway Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8EX
Received 26 Apr 202218 Richmond Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PW
Received 27 Apr 2022118 Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0AU
Received 27 Apr 2022353 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LU
Received 27 Apr 20225 York Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QD
Received 27 Apr 2022Castlebrook High School, Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
Received 27 Apr 202221 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QQ
Received 28 Apr 2022159 Radcliffe New Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7RG
Received 28 Apr 2022Birchen Bower Farm, Harwood Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PT
Received 28 Apr 20222 Myrtle Street South, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7BZ
Received 29 Apr 202237 Ashington Drive, Bury, BL8 2TS
Received 29 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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