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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.
6,410 approved · 846 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
399 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NR
Received 21 Jul 2026492 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 21 Jul 2026Ams Workshop, Edward Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 9XX
Received 21 Jul 2026399 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NR
Received 21 Jul 2026Lester House, 22-40 Market Street and 19 - 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0AJ
Received 22 Jul 2026Former Floors To Go building, corner of Millett Street and Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0JA
Received 22 Jul 20261 Birch Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DP
Received 22 Jul 20265 Rowany Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9XD
Received 22 Jul 20261 Greenpark Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QB
Received 22 Jul 2026Land on the west side of Bury New Road/Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, BL0 0AZ
Received 22 Jul 202624 Ivy Road, Bury, BL8 2PW
Received 23 Jul 2026Land to east of M66 motorway, connecting Rochdale Road, Edenfield to Woodgate Hill WTW Compound, Bury
Received 24 Jul 202618 Hey Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HX
Received 24 Jul 202618 Sedgley Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LS
Received 24 Jul 2026252 Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3GW
Received 24 Jul 20265 Herevale Hall Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RF
Received 27 Jul 20268 Near Hey Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3YY
Received 27 Jul 20264 Oak Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UY
Received 27 Jul 2026157 Heywood Old Road, Rochdale, Manchester, M24 4QR
Received 27 Jul 202631 Hawes Close, Bury, BL8 1UH
Received 27 Jul 2026180B Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JE
Received 27 Jul 2026Manor House, 48 Cross Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4LY
Received 28 Jul 2026Manor House, 48 Cross Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4LY
Received 28 Jul 2026Land adjacent to Unit 1 Todd Street, Bury, BL9 5AA
Received 29 Jul 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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