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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.
4,955 approved · 629 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
79 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EG
Received 9 Jun 202224 Whitecroft Drive, Bury, BL8 2TN
Received 9 Jun 202224 Annie Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PP
Received 9 Jun 2022Outwood Gate Farm, Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DL
Received 10 Jun 202218 Rothay Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8BD
Received 11 Jun 2022Stand United Reformed Church, Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JE
Received 10 Jun 2022Stand United Reformed Church, Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JE
Received 10 Jun 202220 St Josephs Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6NT
Received 13 Jun 20222 Bloomfield Drive, Bury, BL9 8JX
Received 13 Jun 20226 Charlton Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0PH
Received 13 Jun 202236 Daneshill, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QL
Received 14 Jun 20224 Smithills Hall Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FF
Received 14 Jun 20224 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 14 Jun 202212 Carr Bank Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DW
Received 14 Jun 20224 Hereford Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JA
Received 15 Jun 202230 Hereford Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AG
Received 15 Jun 202294 Lowther Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QP
Received 16 Jun 2022110 Thatch Leach Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6FW
Received 16 Jun 20222 Goyt Walk, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8RL
Received 16 Jun 20228 Leamington Avenue, Bury, BL9 5LD
Received 16 Jun 2022Bank Top Farm, Moorbottom Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NP
Received 14 Jun 2022142 Lowther Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QP
Received 17 Jun 202229 Eastleigh Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BX
Received 16 Jun 202249 Scholes Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AY
Received 17 Jun 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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