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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.
6,407 approved · 845 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fold Mill, Bradley Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RA
Received 7 Jul 202610 Ashington Drive, Bury, BL8 2TS
Received 8 Jul 2026152 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AD
Received 8 Jul 2026Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD
Received 8 Jul 2026Former Castlecroft Caravan Centre, Land at rear of Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe, Bury, M26 2ZT
Received 8 Jul 2026Former Ambulance Station, Cemetery Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PU
Received 8 Jul 2026Pioneer Mills, Milltown Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 9WN
Received 8 Jul 202612 St Peters Road, Bury, BL9 9RB
Received 8 Jul 202612 Hey Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HX
Received 8 Jul 2026104 Sixth Avenue, Bury, BL9 7RP
Received 9 Jul 20262 Ross Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7FH
Received 8 Jul 20262 Thorp Street, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7TH
Received 9 Jul 202623 Marle Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NB
Received 10 Jul 202636 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NT
Received 10 Jul 2026428 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DA
Received 10 Jul 2026Bury Interchange and Land Bounded by Pyramid Park/East Lancashire railway line, Knowsley Place/Duke Street, Bury BL9 0EJ
Received 13 Jul 2026Metrolink car park, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 13 Jul 2026Angouleme Way, Bury, BL9 0EL
Received 13 Jul 202690 Turks Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4QB
Received 13 Jul 2026509 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DJ
Received 13 Jul 202611 St Margarets Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QB
Received 14 Jul 202689 Ajax Drive, Bury, BL9 8EF
Received 14 Jul 202630 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8HF
Received 14 Jul 20267 Newgate Avenue, Bury, BL9 6GR
Received 14 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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