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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.
5,326 approved · 686 refused · 329 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Longsight Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TD
Received 13 Mar 2023187 Bury New Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6QQ
Received 14 Mar 202338 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JH
Received 14 Mar 2023148 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 14 Mar 20231 Rayleigh Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1RL
Received 14 Mar 202312 Queens Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HQ
Received 14 Mar 2023Jackson Fold Farm, Pilsworth Road, Bury, BL9 8QZ
Received 14 Mar 20231 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 15 Mar 202377 Haig Road, Bury, BL8 2LG
Received 15 Mar 2023Land adjacent to 35 Hilton Street, Bury, BL9 6LT
Received 15 Mar 202327 Pinfold Drive, Prestwich, M25 3EQ
Received 15 Mar 20238 The Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FL
Received 15 Mar 20239 Somerset Drive, Bury, BL9 9DG
Received 15 Mar 2023Station Works, Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UA
Received 15 Mar 202319 St Marys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AQ
Received 16 Mar 2023136 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1GS
Received 16 Mar 202335 Bankside Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2QH
Received 16 Mar 202324 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LZ
Received 16 Mar 202314 Cunningham Drive, Bury, BL9 8PP
Received 17 Mar 2023Asda Stores Ltd, Pilkington Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3DA
Received 17 Mar 2023320 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JB
Received 17 Mar 2023Castle Leisure Centre, Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EZ
Received 17 Mar 202349 Byron Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EN
Received 20 Mar 2023240 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH
Received 20 Mar 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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