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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.
5,181 approved · 669 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Pennine Close, Bury, BL8 1RB
Received 1 Dec 20221 Russell Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1EQ
Received 1 Dec 2022Unit 55 Bealey Industrial Estate, Hallam Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2BD
Received 1 Dec 20221 Park Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DA
Received 1 Dec 202246 Booth Way, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JW
Received 2 Dec 202213 Hampton Grove, Bury, BL9 6PT
Received 2 Dec 202252 Oak Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ET
Received 1 Dec 20222 Booth Hall Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HQ
Received 2 Dec 2022Travis Perkins, Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 0FP
Received 2 Dec 20224 Brookthorpe Road, Bury, BL8 3AD
Received 2 Dec 202214 Harold Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3HY
Received 5 Dec 20228 Broomfield Close, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QY
Received 2 Dec 202254 Starling Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LN
Received 2 Dec 202277 Haig Road, Bury, BL8 2LG
Received 2 Dec 202234 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AT
Received 5 Dec 202244 Grosvenor Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4BQ
Received 5 Dec 2022Beacon Centre, Block B, Bury College, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0AT
Received 5 Dec 2022Land off Harvard Road, Chamberhall Green, Bury, BL9 0AP
Received 5 Dec 2022294 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1ER
Received 6 Dec 20222 Oakwell Mansions, Salford, M7 4WR
Received 5 Dec 202220 Swarbrick Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TD
Received 6 Dec 20223 Neston Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DB
Received 6 Dec 20224 Craigwell Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EF
Received 6 Dec 202216 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 7 Dec 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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