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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.
5,269 approved · 678 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Ajax Drive, Bury, BL9 8EF
Received 12 Jan 20231 Acres Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3BR
Received 13 Jan 202310 Mile Lane, Bury, BL8 2DS
Received 13 Jan 2023127 Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WQ
Received 13 Jan 20234 Newhaven Close, Bury, BL8 1XX
Received 13 Jan 2023Units 7-9 Longfield Centre, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AY
Received 16 Jan 2023424 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PR
Received 16 Jan 2023Summerseat Methodist Primary School, Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NF
Received 16 Jan 20232 Chiltern Drive, Bury, BL8 1QY
Received 16 Jan 2023417 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PS
Received 16 Jan 202320 George Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WS
Received 17 Jan 202340 Lonsdale Street, Bury, BL8 2QD
Received 17 Jan 202310 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JE
Received 18 Jan 202333 Daneshill, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QL
Received 18 Jan 2023120 Railway Street, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5QD
Received 18 Jan 2023Hillcrest, Philips Park Road West, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7TW
Received 18 Jan 2023Land adjacent to 100 Bury New Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6QB
Received 18 Jan 202328 Gisburn Drive, Bury, BL8 3DH
Received 19 Jan 202315 Laburnum Drive, Bury, BL9 8NB
Received 19 Jan 202319 Longsight Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SL
Received 19 Jan 202336 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LZ
Received 19 Jan 202314 Hawthorn Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UZ
Received 19 Jan 20233 Knights Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PP
Received 20 Jan 202310 Egerton Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FS
Received 20 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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