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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.
5,119 approved · 656 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
191 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JW
Received 20 Sept 2022Units B And G Birch Industrial Estate, Whittle Lane, Heywood, OL10 2SX
Received 15 Sept 2022Greenmount Nursery School, Brandlesholme Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DS
Received 20 Sept 2022Ryehurst, Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1PR
Received 19 Sept 2022296 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH
Received 20 Sept 2022The Bungalow, Wood Road Lane, Bury, BL9 5QA
Received 21 Sept 20223 Ashborne Drive, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5PD
Received 21 Sept 202218 Vernon Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RA
Received 21 Sept 2022302 Hornby Street, Bury, BL9 5DS
Received 21 Sept 202210 Rosewood Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HG
Received 21 Sept 202243 Vernon Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DD
Received 22 Sept 202211 Spring Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SQ
Received 23 Sept 20223 Hayling Close, Bury, BL8 1GS
Received 23 Sept 20229 Warlingham Close, Bury, BL8 2QN
Received 23 Sept 2022Pavement outside St Mary?s Park, Prestwich, M25 1AA
Received 23 Sept 20229 Broad Oak Terrace, Bury, BL9 7ST
Received 26 Sept 202262 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FA
Received 26 Sept 2022573 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DW
Received 26 Sept 2022195 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JW
Received 26 Sept 202219 Sunnywood Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3GH
Received 26 Sept 2022Land to rear of Titus Barn, Bradley Fold Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5QR
Received 27 Sept 202262 Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9JY
Received 26 Sept 20224 Inglewhite Close, Bury, BL9 9NT
Received 26 Sept 202219 Meadway, Bury, BL9 9TY
Received 27 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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