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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.
4,937 approved · 629 refused · 305 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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52 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1DX
Received 25 May 202243 Hereford Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AG
Received 25 May 202216 Middleton Drive, Bury, BL9 8DS
Received 25 May 202223 Lyons Drive, Bury, BL8 2EA
Received 25 May 2022149 Longsight Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DA
Received 25 May 202217 Felton Close, Bury, BL9 8BJ
Received 25 May 202210 Penrith Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UJ
Received 26 May 20229 Wavell Drive, Bury, BL9 8PG
Received 26 May 20221 Anderton Close, Bury, BL8 2HQ
Received 27 May 2022Grant Arms Hotel, 11 Market Place, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AJ
Received 27 May 2022183 Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HA
Received 30 May 202212 Cliff Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NT
Received 30 May 202212 Cliff Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NT
Received 30 May 2022Hollymount Farm, Hollymount Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HP
Received 27 May 2022Plots M400 And M5, Heywood Distribution Park, Moss Hall Road, Heywood, OL10 2TR
Received 20 May 20226 Victor Avenue, Bury, BL9 5EB
Received 30 May 202216 Hazel Dene Close, Bury, BL9 9SA
Received 30 May 20224 Holyrood Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1QD
Received 30 May 2022Land to west of Metrolink line at Warth Road; Land to west of Bury Road; Land to east of Whitefield Road; Land to west of Hardy's Gate Bridge and Land to north of York Street, Bury
Received 30 May 20228 Poolfield Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UE
Received 30 May 202229 Ferndale Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GP
Received 30 May 2022Gmfrs Training And Safety Centre, Hinds Lane, Bury, BL8 2AL
Received 31 May 202236 Sandringham Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DJ
Received 31 May 2022Link House, 35 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5AE
Received 31 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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