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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.
5,113 approved · 654 refused · 312 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Cardigan Drive, Bury, BL9 9LG
Received 5 Sept 2022275 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8PJ
Received 5 Sept 202230 Cartmel Close, Bury, BL9 8JA
Received 5 Sept 202216 Stokesay Close, Bury, BL9 8DB
Received 5 Sept 202237 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EY
Received 5 Sept 2022St Johns House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0ND
Received 5 Sept 2022Pavement outside 177 Bury New Road, Whitefield, M45 6AB
Received 5 Sept 2022100 Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HR
Received 5 Sept 202234 Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Received 2 Sept 202211 Halter Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4BH
Received 6 Sept 20225 The Meadows, Old Hall Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7RZ
Received 6 Sept 202210 Tor Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HG
Received 6 Sept 2022Heatherslade, Green Acre Close, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0HD
Received 6 Sept 20222 Bridgefield Mews, Bridgefield Drive, Bury, BL9 7PE
Received 7 Sept 20229 Belvedere Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4ED
Received 8 Sept 2022Hey House, Holcombe Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 4NS
Received 8 Sept 2022Hey House, Holcombe Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 4NS
Received 8 Sept 202289 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FQ
Received 8 Sept 20223 Parr Fold, Bury, BL9 8JB
Received 8 Sept 2022Land off Holcombe Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26
Received 8 Sept 2022MKM Building Supplies, 2 Chamberhall Business Park, Chamberhall Green, Bury, BL9 0AP
Received 9 Sept 202215 Timberhurst, Bury, BL9 7NZ
Received 8 Sept 2022Former Ashworth, Miller Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4AF
Received 9 Sept 2022197 Whittingham Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NY
Received 9 Sept 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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