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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,300Searchable applications
165Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,980 approved or refused records
796Refused applications
6,184 approved · 796 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlContact planning Solicitor, conveyancing and search enquiriesLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Heritage - Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- General council enquiries+441612535000Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas12 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided72770
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission 72316 (Single storey front extension with alterations to existing garage and new door to side elevation); amendment to roof
24 Carr Bank Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DW
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided72771
Prior approval for proposed single storey rear extension
47 Bannerman Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1DZ
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided72772
Lawful development certificate for proposed erection of a single storey extension to the property
12 Whitebirk Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HE
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided72773
Lawful development certificate for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer
15 Stapleford Close, Bury, BL8 2UG
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided72774
Prior approval for proposed single storey rear extension
38 Kingsley Street, Bury, BL8 2RF
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided72775
Change of use of existing 6 bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) to 8 bed (single occupancy) HMO (Sui Generis)
17 Belle Vue Terrace, Bury, BL9 0SY
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided72776
Application to discharge condition 7 (landscape scheme) and condition 19 (construction management plan)on planning permission 58405
Nutt Farm, Nutt Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SJ
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided72777
Application to part discharge condition 49 (Local Labour & Training Proposal) to enable the approved demolition works to take place across Phase 1B of planning permission 70449
Longfield Shopping Centre/car park, Fairfax Road car park & adjoining land at Bury New Road, Rectory Lane & Fairfax Road, Prestwich
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided72778
Application to part discharge condition 24 (Demolition Management Plan), condition 25 (Construction Logistics Plan), condition 46 (Demolition Phasing Plan) to enable the approved demolition works to take place across Phase 1B of planning permission 70449
Longfield Shopping Centre/car park, Fairfax Road car park & adjoing land at Bury New Road, Rectory Lane & Fairfax Road, Prestwich
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Registered72779
Demolition of existing chicken shed and erection of agricultural building for same use
Sillinghurst Farm, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UN
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided72780
Raising of roof ridge height with hip to gable roof extension, loft conversion and side and rear dormers
1 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided72781
Application to part discharge condition 23 (dilapidation survey) to enable the approved demolition works to take place across Phase 1B of planning permission 70449
Longfield Shopping Centre/car park, Fairfax Road car park & adjoining land at Bury New Road, Reectory Lane & Fairfax Road, Prestwich
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Registered72782
Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), condition 4 (Highways access), condition 5 (Highways design), condition 6 (contruction traffic management plan), condition 7 (management/maintenance of estate roads), condition 14 (contaminated land), condition 18 (brook protection method statement), condition 20 (bat/bird boxes) on planning permission 69463
Station Works, Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UA
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided72783
Application to part discharge condition 53 (water main protection) to enable the approved demolition works to take place across Phase 1B of planning permission 70449
Longfield Shopping Centre/car park, Fairfax Road car park & adjoining land at Bury New Road, Rectory Lane & Fairfax Road, Prestwich
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided72784
Erection of 1 no. dwelling
Underhill, Redisher Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4HX
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided72785
Change of use of part of ground floor from offices (Class E) to place of worship (Class F1) with associated external alterations
Ground Floor Unit, St Johns House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0ND
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided72786
Two storey extension at side
111 Holcombe Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NF
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided72787
Single storey side and rear extension with side canopy, single storey front porch, rear dormer with juliet balcony and external alterations
2 Leyton Drive, Bury, BL9 9SL
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided72788
Part single/part two storey rear extension, rear dormer extension and front porch
4 Hazel Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DD
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided72789
First floor extension above existing garage and garage conversion
13 Kingston Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2XN
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided72790
Erection of office HQ with ancillary sport facilities (use class E(g)(i)) and mixed-use employment units (use classes B2, B8 and E(g)(ii) and (iii)) including associated parking, access and landscaping
Chamberhall Business Park, Magdalene Road, Bury, BL9 0JU
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided72791
Rebuilding of existing barn and attached storage building, with increase of 460mm to eaves height of barn, to provide 2 no. dwellings
Yew Tree Farm, Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1EB
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided72792
Lawful development certificate for proposed use of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3(a)) to provide a supported living accommodation (Use Class C3(b)) for up to 6 Adults
5 Rainsough Hill, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9SU
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided72793
Erection of out building/office/store in rear garden
65B Windsor Road, Prestwich, M25 0DB
Received 29 Jan 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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