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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.
6,400 approved · 844 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
2 Watkins Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DS
Received 19 Jun 202649 Dovedale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BT
Received 22 Jun 20262 Hollyedge Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RG
Received 22 Jun 2026230 Market Street, Bury, BL9 9AB
Received 22 Jun 2026309 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1SZ
Received 22 Jun 2026Land east of Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5JX
Received 18 Jun 202625 Woodbank Drive, Bury, BL8 1DR
Received 22 Jun 2026Former Whitehouse Club, Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4JZ
Received 23 Jun 202620 Princess Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LG
Received 23 Jun 202629 Nelson Street, Bury, BL9 9BL
Received 23 Jun 202629 Nelson Street, Bury, BL9 9BL
Received 24 Jun 202633 Leigh Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HL
Received 24 Jun 20269 Silverdale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FD
Received 25 Jun 2026429 Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LJ
Received 25 Jun 202623 Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NF
Received 25 Jun 2026Ground Floor And Basement, 69 Sandy Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PS
Received 25 Jun 2026657 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5JD
Received 25 Jun 2026118 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AD
Received 26 Jun 2026118 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AD
Received 26 Jun 202612 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 26 Jun 2026404 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PZ
Received 26 Jun 2026Norcot, Moorbottom Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NS
Received 26 Jun 20261 Hazelhurst Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FB
Received 26 Jun 202610 Kentmere Close, Bury, BL9 8EY
Received 26 Jun 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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