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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.
6,404 approved · 844 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Alnwick Drive, Bury, BL9 8BZ
Received 29 Jun 2026Chadwicks Of Bury Ltd, Villiers Street, Bury, BL9 6BS
Received 29 Jun 202628 Sims Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NT
Received 29 Jun 20265 Windermere Drive, Bury, BL9 9QQ
Received 29 Jun 2026Land adjacent to Bealey Industrial Estate, Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2BD
Received 29 Jun 2026Summerfield Bungalow, Summerfield Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9XS
Received 30 Jun 202643 Sycamore Drive, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4SA
Received 30 Jun 2026Land at rear of Westminster Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WD
Received 30 Jun 202612 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 26 Jun 2026Land at junction of Hollins Brook Way & Pilsworth Road, Bury, BL9 8RR
Received 1 Jul 2026255 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JA
Received 1 Jul 202637 Park Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1EU
Received 2 Jul 202624 Lindale Avenue, Bury, BL9 8ED
Received 2 Jul 202611 Old Hall Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QW
Received 2 Jul 2026Rose And Crown Inn, 36 Manchester Old Road, Bury, BL9 0TR
Received 2 Jul 202643 Stanley Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4HG
Received 2 Jul 2026100 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NS
Received 3 Jul 202632 Newlands Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BU
Received 3 Jul 2026Site of the former Riverside High School, School Street, Radcliffe, M26 3BW
Received 3 Jul 2026Ground Floor & First Floor to Third Floor Parts, 1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP
Received 6 Jul 202613 Crossfield Street, Bury, BL9 9TF
Received 6 Jul 2026Gorse Hill Farm, Starling Road, Bury, BL8 2HJ
Received 6 Jul 2026385 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9QU
Received 6 Jul 202615 Oakdale Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LU
Received 7 Jul 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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