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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.
4,988 approved · 633 refused · 309 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Wesley Methodist Primary School, Forth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4PX
Received 24 Jun 202239 and 40 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DL
Received 24 Jun 202226 Parkstone Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QH
Received 24 Jun 202231 Ash Street, Bury, BL9 7BT
Received 18 Jul 202285 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LU
Received 24 Jun 202217 Winchester Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LJ
Received 24 Jun 2022Land adjacent to 34 James Street North, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LL
Received 24 Jun 202221 Walshaw Walk, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JS
Received 27 Jun 202211 Daisy Street, Bury, BL8 2QG
Received 27 Jun 2022188 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6QF
Received 27 Jun 2022Edinburgh House, Castle Brook Business Park, Hollins Brook Way, Bury, BL9 8RR
Received 27 Jun 2022165 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2NW
Received 27 Jun 20228 Tintagel Court, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3TY
Received 27 Jun 2022Land adjacent to 391 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0ER
Received 28 Jun 2022Hoyle Nursery School, Chesham Fold Road, Bury, BL9 6HR
Received 28 Jun 202228 Cleveland Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FH
Received 28 Jun 202226 Stand Rise, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BT
Received 28 Jun 202253 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG
Received 28 Jun 20222A Nursery Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3EN
Received 28 Jun 2022Land adjacent to 4 King Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1ND
Received 29 Jun 2022Philips High School, Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PH
Received 17 Jun 20221 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ
Received 29 Jun 20223 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ
Received 29 Jun 2022Unit 1-2 Halter Inn Works, 11 Redisher Croft, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SA
Received 29 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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