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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
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,652Searchable applications
165Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,282 approved or refused records
850Refused applications
6,432 approved · 850 refused · 411 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlContact planning Solicitor, conveyancing and search enquiriesLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Heritage - Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- General council enquiries+441612535000Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas12 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Registered73571
Garage conversion with amendment of roof to pitched; front/side porch
1 Jackdaw Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4ER
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided73572
Proposed change of use of a vacant industrial unit to a motorcycle MOT testing centre (Class B2). Alterations to frontage, including roller shutter.
Unit 3, Millett Street, Bury, BL9 0JA
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Decided73573
Single storey side and rear extension
2 Swinton Crescent, Bury, BL9 8PA
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Decided73574
Application for Permission in Principle for the construction of 1 no. single detatched dwelling
Gorsehill, 94 Starling Road, Radcliffe, Bury, BL8 2HH
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73576
Application to discharge condition 3 (bar front timbers) of planning permission 72117.
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Decided73577
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission 72895 (Two storey/single storey side extension with rear balustrade balcony) to change the exterior material
Meadow Head, Bradshaw Road, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PP
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73578
Application to discharge condition 6 (ground floor lighting) of planning permission 72117.
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73579
Application to discharge condition 7 (ground floor flooring) of planning permission 72117.
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73580
Application to discharge condition 8 (wood panelling) of planning permission 72117
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73581
Application to discharge condition 9 (second floor lighting) of planning permission 72117.
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Registered73582
Application to discharge condition 10 (Ground Floor Furnishings Materials) of planning permission 72117
The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Decided73583
Two storey side extension; Single storey side and rear extension; Front and rear dormers
22 Northleach Close, Bury, BL8 1QD
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Registered73584
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed garage conversion, retaining a reduced area of the garage for storage.
46 Moss Shaw Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NR
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Registered73585
Two storey side extension; Single storey rear extension
182 Rochdale Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7HP
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered73586
Application to discharge condition 9 (resurfacing works) of planning permission 71464
Land at Westminster Avenue, Radcliffe, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WD
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered73587
First floor side extension; Loft conversion with rear dormer and juliet balcony; Additional car parking space to front drive
31 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HL
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered73588
Single storey side extension
31 Brammay Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HS
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered73591
Application to discharge condition 8 (Dusk Survey Results) of planning permission 72240
Spurr House, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered73592
Lawful development certificate for proposed demolition of existing detached outbuilding and removal of two timber sheds; Erection of a new detached outbuilding.
21 Thetford Close, Bury, BL8 1XB
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Registered73593
Application to discharge conditions 3 (drainage) & 5 (construction details & layout) of planning permission 70819
Land between 69-97 Rochdale Road & York Street, Bury, BL9 7AX
Received 27 Jan 2025 - Decided73594
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed replacement of existing wooden garage with stone garage.
Bridgehall, Hawkshaw Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4LD
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Registered73595
Erection of attached property comprising of commercial (Class E) at ground floor and 1 no. bed flat at first floor (Class C3)
174-176, Bury New Road, Whitefield, M45 6QF
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided73596
Prior Approval for proposed additional floor to existing house
129 Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6SB
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Registered73597
Application to discharge condition 8 (method statement) on planning permission 68897
Unit 3, Roach Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8RY
Received 2 Sept 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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