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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5,119 approved · 656 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Lynmouth Court, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TL
Received 27 Sept 2022Footpath opposite Hawthorn Hotel, 141-143 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JR
Received 29 Sept 2022499 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9SH
Received 29 Sept 202231 Lakeside, Bury, BL9 9TX
Received 29 Sept 2022Tom Nook Farm, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QG
Received 29 Sept 202268 Agecroft Road West, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RH
Received 29 Sept 202237 The Drive, Bury, BL9 5DG
Received 29 Sept 202256 Chiltern Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LF
Received 30 Sept 202235 Bankside Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2QH
Received 30 Sept 202271 Hunstanton Drive, Bury, BL8 1XH
Received 30 Sept 202251 Mountside Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3JF
Received 30 Sept 20227 Braemar Drive, Bury, BL9 7PF
Received 3 Oct 202299 Downham Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BG
Received 3 Oct 202213 Blenheim Close, Bury, BL9 8BY
Received 3 Oct 20226 Almond Avenue, Bury, BL9 7LY
Received 3 Oct 2022Trinity Street car park, Trinity Street, Bury, BL9 0BT
Received 3 Oct 2022Foundry Street Car Park, Foundry Street, Bury, BL9 7AZ
Received 3 Oct 2022Asda Stores Ltd, Park 66, Pilsworth Road, Bury, BL9 8RS
Received 3 Oct 2022418A Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BD
Received 3 Oct 20226 Coniston Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9YE
Received 3 Oct 2022Land to rear of Shoreshide Stables Prestolee Road, Stoneclough, Radcliffe, M26 1HJ
Received 3 Oct 202233 Browns Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RQ
Received 4 Oct 202224 Cann Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PE
Received 4 Oct 202212 Philips Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PY
Received 4 Oct 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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