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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.
5,345 approved · 691 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Farm Crescent, Radcliffe, M26 4LX
Received 27 Mar 2023Clarkes Craft Products, Empire Works, Railway Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AS
Received 27 Mar 2023Cross Hall Farm, Mather Road, Bury, BL9 6RB
Received 27 Mar 202345 Hindburn Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8JQ
Received 27 Mar 2023The Beeches, St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9LD
Received 28 Mar 2023Abbotts Hall, Woodhey Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RD
Received 28 Mar 2023Land to south of Leigh Lane (adjacent to Scholes House), Bury, BL8 1RJ
Received 28 Mar 202378 Prestwich Hills, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PY
Received 29 Mar 2023Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD
Received 29 Mar 20231 Martingale Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4YA
Received 30 Mar 202318 Deacons Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DW
Received 30 Mar 20232 Gisburn Drive, Bury, BL8 3DH
Received 30 Mar 202332 Grange Road, Bury, BL8 2PE
Received 31 Mar 2023Land to rear of 44 Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HW
Received 31 Mar 202339 Bury New Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0AR
Received 31 Mar 2023116 Turks Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4WN
Received 31 Mar 202321 Newcombe Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UU
Received 31 Mar 2023Land adjacent to 11 Walter Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3HJ
Received 31 Mar 20237 Wheatfield Close, Bury, BL9 6XD
Received 31 Mar 202352 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0ER
Received 3 Apr 202374 Tamworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UA
Received 3 Apr 2023193 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JJ
Received 3 Apr 20235 Manor Gardens, Bury, BL9 9FY
Received 3 Apr 20234 Dovedale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BU
Received 3 Apr 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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