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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.
5,169 approved · 668 refused · 317 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Tarmac Building Materials Ltd, Stopes Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1NR
Received 8 Nov 202223 Cotswold Crescent, Bury, BL8 1QJ
Received 8 Nov 202261 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LQ
Received 8 Nov 202240 Rectory Lane, Bury, BL9 7TA
Received 9 Nov 202210 & 12 Harrogate Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LT
Received 9 Nov 202215 Maple Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DQ
Received 9 Nov 202212 Owlerbarrow Road, Bury, BL8 1RD
Received 9 Nov 202256 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DE
Received 10 Nov 2022Burrs Activity Centre, Woodhill Road, Burrs, Bury, BL8 1DA
Received 10 Nov 202240 Ferndale Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QP
Received 10 Nov 20221 The Cross, High Street, Walshaw, Bury, BL8 3FS
Received 10 Nov 202232 Kershaw Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7HH
Received 10 Nov 20226 Eagley Drive, Bury, BL8 2NF
Received 10 Nov 2022Kays Cottage, Sheep Hey, 2 Leaches Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0ND
Received 11 Nov 20225 Hampson Mill Lane, Bury, BL9 9UA
Received 10 Nov 202222 Naden Walk, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8NW
Received 11 Nov 20226 Ripon Hall Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RE
Received 11 Nov 2022101A Chesham Fold Road, Bury, BL9 6JZ
Received 14 Nov 20226 Sandford Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2PT
Received 14 Nov 20226 Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7JS
Received 14 Nov 2022Land on South side of Bolton Road, between Glencott and 1-3 Oak Cottages, opposite nos. 74 - 82 Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, BL8 4HZ
Received 14 Nov 2022Land off Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY
Received 14 Nov 20224 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 14 Nov 202223 Elton Fold Chase, Bury, BL8 1PW
Received 14 Nov 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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