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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.
6,142 approved · 793 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 2010 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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45 Brooklands Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FB
Received 28 Nov 20254 Crag Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NZ
Received 28 Nov 20256 Kibworth Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LS
Received 1 Dec 20253 Princess Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LG
Received 1 Dec 2025Former Castlecroft Caravan Centre, Land at rear of Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe, Bury, M26 2ZT
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement o/s 30 Derby Way, Moorgate, Bury, BL9 0NJ
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement at Derby Way, opposite entrance to The Rock multi-storey car park, Bury, BL9 0NS
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement at junction of Derby Way & Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 0NJ
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement adj to entrance of Angouleme Retail Park, George Street, Bury, BL9 0PE
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement at junction of George Street & South Cross Street, Bury, BL9 0RS
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement adj grassed area at junction of Bolton Road/Stopes Road/Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 0TW
Received 1 Dec 2025Pavement at roundabout at Wood Street & Victoria Street, Bury, BL8 1LE
Received 1 Dec 20253 Carr Bank, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DQ
Received 1 Dec 2025Former Bevis Green Works, Mill Road, Walmersley, Bury, BL9 6RE
Received 2 Dec 2025Former East Lancs Paper Mill & Tower Farm, Church Street East, Cross Lane, Cock Clod Street and Brook Street, Radcliffe,M26 2PG
Received 2 Dec 202530 Oakwell Drive, Bury, BL9 8LB
Received 3 Dec 2025Pavement at junction of Phoenix Way & Sion Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3SB
Received 3 Dec 2025Pavement adj Morrisons, 5 Stanley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QH
Received 3 Dec 2025Pavement adjacent to 214 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6GG
Received 3 Dec 202521 Shepherds Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BL
Received 3 Dec 202540 Windsor Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BA
Received 3 Dec 202511 Kilner Close, Bury, BL9 8AD
Received 3 Dec 2025Land off Fletcher Fold Road, Bury, BL9 9RX
Received 3 Dec 20253 Peveril Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6NS
Received 3 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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