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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.
6,392 approved · 844 refused · 406 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 2010 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
56 Mile Lane, Bury, BL8 2JE
Received 12 Jun 202694 Nelson Street, Bury, BL9 9HX
Received 15 Jun 202626 Heaton Close, Bury, BL9 8BH
Received 15 Jun 202611 Meriden Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4FL
Received 15 Jun 2026Fragrance Oils International Ltd, Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2FR
Received 15 Jun 202637 Park Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1EU
Received 15 Jun 202674 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LP
Received 15 Jun 2026Land to east of M66 motorway, connecting Rochdale Road, Edenfield to Woodgate Hill WTW Compound, Bury
Received 15 Jun 202622 Sandringham Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DJ
Received 15 Jun 2026Former Bury Fire Station, The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NJ
Received 15 Jun 20262 Stephen Street South, Bury, BL8 2NT
Received 16 Jun 202610 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1LH
Received 16 Jun 2026Land to east of M66 motorway, connecting Rochdale Road, Edenfield to Woodgate Hill WTW Compound, Bury
Received 16 Jun 202621 Ferndale Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GP
Received 16 Jun 202613 Melrose Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8XZ
Received 16 Jun 20262 Calderwood Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LE
Received 15 Jun 202617 Firwood Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BN
Received 17 Jun 2026154 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AD
Received 17 Jun 202665-69 Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 7AX
Received 17 Jun 20266 The Spinney, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LZ
Received 18 Jun 202610 Wentworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GQ
Received 18 Jun 2026The Old Stables, 2 Killy Lane, Bury, BL9 8GA
Received 19 Jun 202692 Heywood Street, Bury, BL9 7EA
Received 19 Jun 2026Spurr House, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Received 19 Jun 2026Records 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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