Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,450 approved · 852 refused · 413 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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 Windrush Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TU
Received 22 Sept 202652 Ajax Drive, Bury, BL9 8EF
Received 22 Sept 202638 Meadowcroft, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JQ
Received 23 Sept 202624 Parnham Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3XU
Received 23 Sept 20268 Croich Green, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4PH
Received 24 Sept 2026Chamberhall Business Park, Harvard Road, Bury, BL9 0FU
Received 24 Sept 202675 Harvey Street, Bury, BL8 2RD
Received 24 Sept 2026Ambulance Station, Cemetery Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PU
Received 24 Sept 2026Ivy Bank, Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6RU
Received 24 Sept 202686 Nuttall Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6QA
Received 25 Sept 2026Land of Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY
Received 25 Sept 202654 Rectory Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BL
Received 25 Sept 2026Land At And Adjacent To Scout Moor Wind Farm Rossendale And Rochdale
Received 25 Sept 20265 Garstang Drive, Bury, BL8 2JS
Received 25 Sept 202615 Ashbourne Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7NL
Received 28 Sept 202610 Tiverton Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UJ
Received 28 Sept 20262 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 28 Sept 2026546 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9PA
Received 29 Sept 202621 Churchfield Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YL
Received 29 Sept 2026171 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2RU
Received 29 Sept 202694 Nelson Street, Bury, BL9 9HX
Received 30 Sept 2026Tesco Superstore, Woodfield Retail Park, Peel Way, Bury, BL9 5BY
Received 30 Sept 2026Tesco Superstore, Woodfield Retail Park, Peel Way, Bury, BL9 5BY
Received 30 Sept 2026385 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9QU
Received 30 Sept 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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