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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.
6,426 approved · 848 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JH
Received 12 Aug 202628 Euxton Close, Bury, BL8 2HY
Received 12 Aug 202624 Sycamore Drive, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4SA
Received 13 Aug 202623 Dales Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7JN
Received 14 Aug 202646 Parkstone Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QH
Received 14 Aug 202626 Barnard Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TY
Received 14 Aug 2026135 Booth Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JQ
Received 17 Aug 2026105-107 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1LN
Received 18 Aug 2026Holyrood Post Office, 426 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PR
Received 18 Aug 20265 Vernon Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RA
Received 19 Aug 20268 Near Hey Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3YY
Received 19 Aug 2026Sedgewell, Brandlesholme Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DZ
Received 19 Aug 20265 Beryl Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3NF
Received 19 Aug 202612A Whittaker Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FX
Received 19 Aug 202695 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LU
Received 19 Aug 20264 Stormer Hill Fold, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AU
Received 20 Aug 20264 Stormer Hill Fold, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AU
Received 20 Aug 2026Land off Fletcher Fold Road, Bury, BL9 9RX
Received 20 Aug 202668 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Received 21 Aug 20263 Fletcher Fold Road, Bury, BL9 9RX
Received 21 Aug 202682 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2RS
Received 24 Aug 202647 Oxford Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EL
Received 24 Aug 2026Unsworth Cricket And Tennis Club Ltd, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Received 24 Aug 202671-75 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NB
Received 24 Aug 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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