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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.
5,139 approved · 661 refused · 313 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 2011 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Scholes Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AY
Received 11 Oct 202210 Rose Grove, Bury, BL8 2UJ
Received 11 Oct 2022Land to rear of 41 Bury Old Road & west of Arthur Lane, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PF
Received 12 Oct 2022174 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1QL
Received 12 Oct 202298 Bury Old Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TQ
Received 12 Oct 202232 Freckleton Drive, Bury, BL8 2JA
Received 12 Oct 202265 Bankhouse Road, Bury, BL8 1DY
Received 12 Oct 2022Peel Tower, Holcombe Hill, Holcombe, BL8 4NR
Received 13 Oct 202245 Windsor Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DD
Received 11 Oct 2022Peel Tower, Holcombe Hill, Holcombe, BL8 4NR
Received 13 Oct 202267 Craven Street, Bury, BL9 7PP
Received 14 Oct 2022Land adjacent to Sunnybank, Arthur Lane, Ainsworth, Bury, BL2 5PN
Received 17 Oct 202236 Ludlow Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TD
Received 17 Oct 202210 Sandybrook Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LB
Received 14 Oct 2022Wallwork Heat Treatment Ltd, Land off Parker Street/Lord Street, Bury, BL9 0RE
Received 17 Oct 2022Land at York Street, Radcliffe, Manchester
Received 17 Oct 2022Storage yard at Woolfold Trading Estate, Stewart Street, Bury, BL8 1SG
Received 17 Oct 202277 Carr Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TW
Received 18 Oct 2022Land at Green Street, Radcliffe
Received 18 Oct 2022387 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AW
Received 18 Oct 202212 Ridge Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8FN
Received 18 Oct 202233 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8HE
Received 19 Oct 202275 Hurst Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7ES
Received 19 Oct 202224 Dovedale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BU
Received 19 Oct 2022Records 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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