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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.
5,002 approved · 636 refused · 309 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
31 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QQ
Received 6 Jul 202237 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GG
Received 6 Jul 202252 Watkins Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DS
Received 6 Jul 2022Stand Golf Club, Ashbourne Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7NL
Received 6 Jul 2022Red Bank Playing Fields, Unsworth Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 0RN
Received 6 Jul 202219 Sunnywood Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3GH
Received 6 Jul 20228 Dellcot Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0GX
Received 7 Jul 2022Bury Sports Club, Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9JX
Received 8 Jul 202234 Philips Park Road West, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GJ
Received 8 Jul 20221 Egerton Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FS
Received 8 Jul 2022100 Nuttall Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6QA
Received 8 Jul 2022Walker Farrimond, Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6DL
Received 8 Jul 202226 Daneshill, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QL
Received 8 Jul 202232 Brandlesholme Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DR
Received 11 Jul 2022Outwood Gate Farm, Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DL
Received 11 Jul 2022239 Summerseat Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UL
Received 11 Jul 2022Ainsworth Nursing Home, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 11 Jul 202215 Sycamore Drive, Bury, BL9 6TQ
Received 12 Jul 2022343 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RN
Received 13 Jul 202213 Brookfield Road, Bury, BL9 5LA
Received 13 Jul 20225 Knowsley View, The Haven, Knowsley Road, Radcliffe, BL2 5PT
Received 13 Jul 202210 Nursery Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3EN
Received 13 Jul 2022Land between 18 & 24 Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QD
Received 13 Jul 2022339 Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NA
Received 8 Jul 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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