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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.
5,154 approved · 664 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Stock Street, Bury, BL8 1BU
Received 19 Oct 202265 Bronte Avenue, Bury, BL9 9RN
Received 20 Oct 202242 Threshfield Close, Bury, BL9 6QJ
Received 20 Oct 202252-54 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DF
Received 19 Oct 2022129 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HF
Received 19 Oct 20228 Orchid Drive, Bury, BL9 9EL
Received 20 Oct 2022Churchyard and Memorial Garden at St Mary the Virgin Church, The Rock, Bury, BL9 0AH
Received 20 Oct 2022Churchyard and Memorial Garden at St Mary the Virgin Church, The Rock, Bury, BL9 0AH
Received 20 Oct 20221 Vernon Street, Bury, BL9 5AR
Received 20 Oct 20222 Pleasington Drive, Bury, BL8 2ET
Received 21 Oct 2022Land adjacent to 8 Haslam Brow, Bury, BL9 0TS
Received 21 Oct 202236 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LE
Received 24 Oct 2022240 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JP
Received 24 Oct 20228 Woodvale Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1UA
Received 24 Oct 20226 Colville Drive, Bury, BL8 2DX
Received 24 Oct 202227 Walnut Avenue, Bury, BL9 7LZ
Received 24 Oct 2022280-282 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JE
Received 25 Oct 20222 Windrush Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TU
Received 25 Oct 202252 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EL
Received 26 Oct 202252-54 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DF
Received 26 Oct 2022128 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HE
Received 27 Oct 2022White Paddocks Lodge, Harwood Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PT
Received 25 Oct 2022305 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4LY
Received 27 Oct 20221-5 The Elms, Elms Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8XS
Received 28 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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