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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.
5,357 approved · 692 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walshaw Hall, Bradshaw Road, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PJ
Received 3 Apr 20233 Haweswater Crescent, Bury, BL9 8LT
Received 4 Apr 202322 Bank Street, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3AZ
Received 4 Apr 2023109 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DX
Received 4 Apr 202314 Burrs Lea Close, Bury, BL9 5HT
Received 4 Apr 2023Land at Billberry Close & Albert Road, Whitefield, M45 8BL
Received 5 Apr 20233 Ruskin Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9LS
Received 6 Apr 202344 Farm Crescent, Radcliffe, M26 4LX
Received 6 Apr 20235 Square Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9BE
Received 6 Apr 202332 Deacons Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DW
Received 6 Apr 20231 Birch Grove, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RP
Received 7 Apr 202310 Goodison Close, Bury, BL9 8JY
Received 7 Apr 202324 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0DH
Received 11 Apr 2023Whitefield Golf Club, Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EZ
Received 11 Apr 202318 Branksome Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AG
Received 11 Apr 2023Land adjacent to 4 King Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1ND
Received 11 Apr 2023Land west of Lowercroft Road, Bury, BL8 3GQ
Received 11 Apr 202310 Uppingham Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DP
Received 11 Apr 2023Eastholme, St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9LD
Received 12 Apr 202362 Bury New Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BY
Received 12 Apr 2023Top O Th Brow, Two Brooks Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4LA
Received 12 Apr 2023Co-op, 376 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LU
Received 12 Apr 2023Kirklees Valley Farm, Kirklees Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3NY
Received 13 Apr 202354 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LX
Received 14 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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