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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.
5,261 approved · 678 refused · 324 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2011 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Russell Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1EQ
Received 4 Jan 202361 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LW
Received 5 Jan 20235 Grundy Lane, Bury, BL9 9BZ
Received 5 Jan 202316 Buckingham Drive, Bury, BL8 2DH
Received 5 Jan 202384 Moyse Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3BL
Received 5 Jan 2023Land adjacent to 78 Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NH
Received 5 Jan 202331 The Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FL
Received 5 Jan 202327 Parkhills Close, Bury, BL9 9HB
Received 5 Jan 202337 Kendal Road West, Tottington, Bury, BL0 9SY
Received 5 Jan 202334 Wingate Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QY
Received 6 Jan 2023Our Lady Of Lourdes Roman Catholic County Primary School, Rudgwick Drive, Bury, BL8 1YA
Received 6 Jan 2023165 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2NW
Received 6 Jan 20231 Chisholme Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HH
Received 9 Jan 20239 Chatsworth Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LZ
Received 9 Jan 202316 Turton Close, Bury, BL8 2EE
Received 9 Jan 202337 Harrow Close, Bury, BL9 9UD
Received 9 Jan 202326 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JH
Received 9 Jan 202316 Whelan Close, Bury, BL9 9QH
Received 10 Jan 2023Water Farm, Waterfold Lane, Heywood, BL9 9EP
Received 9 Jan 202319 Brooklawn Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2GS
Received 10 Jan 2023Site of the former Riverside High School, School Street, Radcliffe, M26 3BW
Received 10 Jan 202314 Meadfoot Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AR
Received 10 Jan 20233 Fletcher Street, Bury, BL9 7AT
Received 11 Jan 2023The Fusilier Museum, Moss Street, Bury, BL9 0DF
Received 12 Jan 2023Records 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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