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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.
6,207 approved · 812 refused · 391 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
868 Burnley Road, Bury, BL9 5JY
Received 27 Feb 20267 Alnwick Drive, Bury, BL9 8BZ
Received 27 Feb 202619 St Georges Road, Bury, BL9 8JG
Received 27 Feb 2026100 Bankhouse Road, Bury, BL8 1DZ
Received 2 Mar 2026130 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EZ
Received 2 Mar 20263 Myrtle Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7RR
Received 2 Mar 202631 Willow Street, Bury, BL9 7QZ
Received 2 Mar 202656 Goldfinch Drive, Bury, BL9 6JS
Received 2 Mar 202649 Bury and Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LF
Received 3 Mar 202631 Roch Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LP
Received 3 Mar 2026Land at Orkney Close/rear of 77 Bury Road, Radcliffe, M26 2WR
Received 3 Mar 202624 Highmeadow, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YN
Received 3 Mar 2026399 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5NR
Received 4 Mar 20263 Marlborough Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9YU
Received 4 Mar 2026Land south of Deardens Street, Bury
Received 4 Mar 2026Building Chemical Research Co, Mount Sion Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3SJ
Received 4 Mar 2026527 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9SH
Received 5 Mar 2026109 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DF
Received 6 Mar 202611 Wentworth Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WH
Received 6 Mar 202614 Ludlow Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TD
Received 6 Mar 202638 Edenfield Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EE
Received 6 Mar 2026Queens Hotel, Bradley Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RA
Received 6 Mar 202625 Halsall Close, Bury, BL9 6HN
Received 9 Mar 2026Burrs View, Touch Road, Bury, BL9 5QS
Received 9 Mar 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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