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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.
4,894 approved · 627 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Ajax Drive, Bury, BL9 8EF
Received 2 May 20221 Kingswood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AB
Received 2 May 20221 Mayfield Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TL
Received 2 May 202220 Parkstone Close, Bury, BL8 2UR
Received 2 May 202221 Throstle Grove, Bury, BL8 1EB
Received 2 May 202254 Sunny Bower Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HL
Received 3 May 202212 Philips Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PY
Received 3 May 2022Coachmans Corner, 10 Bridge Hall Drive, Bury, BL9 7NX
Received 3 May 2022The Rustlings, 7 Killy Lane, Bury, BL9 8GA
Received 3 May 202240 Shetland Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4UH
Received 3 May 2022305 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NX
Received 4 May 202210 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1LH
Received 4 May 20228 Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DJ
Received 4 May 20224 Mansfield Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9US
Received 4 May 20223 Belfield Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FN
Received 5 May 20229 Sutton Close, Bury, BL8 2EL
Received 5 May 2022109 Holcombe Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NF
Received 5 May 2022Land off Kingston Close, Bury
Received 5 May 20223 Rufford Parade, Rufford Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8PL
Received 6 May 202223 Falstone Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LX
Received 6 May 2022561 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9ST
Received 9 May 20225 Jesmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NG
Received 6 May 202286 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AY
Received 9 May 2022Taylors Lane Farm, Taylors Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6QS
Received 9 May 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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