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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.
6,205 approved · 812 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Whitefield Police Station, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QN
Received 19 Feb 20263 Danesway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0ET
Received 19 Feb 2026Coach House, Knowsley View, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 20 Feb 202638 Freckleton Drive, Bury, BL8 2JA
Received 20 Feb 20261 Pendennis Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UH
Received 20 Feb 2026Coachmans Corner, 10 Bridge Hall Drive, Bury, BL9 7NX
Received 23 Feb 20269 Westcombe Drive, Bury, BL8 1DN
Received 23 Feb 2026Land at 12 Holthouse Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JP
Received 23 Feb 202626 Rhodes Drive, Bury, BL9 8NH
Received 23 Feb 202634 Tamar Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8SJ
Received 23 Feb 202680 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DY
Received 23 Feb 202647 Rudgwick Drive, Bury, BL8 1YE
Received 23 Feb 202637 Bland Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WG
Received 24 Feb 2026Meadow Head, Bradshaw Road, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PP
Received 24 Feb 2026Nutt Farm, Nutt Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SJ
Received 25 Feb 20269 The Meadows, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4NS
Received 25 Feb 202639 Kingfisher Drive, Bury, BL9 6JF
Received 25 Feb 20267 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ
Received 25 Feb 20267 Cheviot Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LL
Received 25 Feb 20264 Booth Way, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JL
Received 26 Feb 202654 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FF
Received 26 Feb 202693 Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9SD
Received 26 Feb 2026Windacre Works, Mather Road, Bury, BL9 6RB
Received 27 Feb 202624 Tamworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UH
Received 27 Feb 2026Records 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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