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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.
4,904 approved · 628 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Lyndon Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EY
Received 9 May 202214 Skegness Close, Bury, BL8 1EQ
Received 9 May 202215 Starling Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LW
Received 9 May 20228 Chiltern Drive, Bury, BL8 1QY
Received 9 May 202231 James Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EG
Received 9 May 20221 Burrs Lea Close, Bury, BL9 5HS
Received 10 May 202215 Turton Close, Bury, BL8 2EE
Received 10 May 20227 Ringley Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HR
Received 18 May 2022Land between 32 and 36 Albion Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BH
Received 10 May 202223 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LD
Received 10 May 202231 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QQ
Received 10 May 202210 Harwood Drive, Bury, BL8 2ED
Received 10 May 2022Bradshaw Hill Stables, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UN
Received 10 May 2022561 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DJ
Received 11 May 2022Performance House, Heywood Street, Bury, BL9 7DZ
Received 3 May 202210 Windsor Drive, Bury, BL8 2DB
Received 11 May 202213 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 11 May 2022Burnt House Farm, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QF
Received 3 May 202215 Hillstone Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EZ
Received 12 May 20224 Carrslea Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4NP
Received 12 May 2022599 Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TL
Received 12 May 2022195 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JW
Received 12 May 2022158 Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LE
Received 12 May 2022Pavement at Princess Parade, near Bury Interchange Stand E, Bury, BL9 0QL
Received 12 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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