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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.
5,423 approved · 695 refused · 332 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Parkstone Close, Bury, BL8 2UR
Received 29 May 2023178 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AL
Received 30 May 2023167 Butterstile Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9UW
Received 29 May 202367 Hunstanton Drive, Bury, BL8 1XH
Received 29 May 202354 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LX
Received 29 May 202366 Turks Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4QB
Received 29 May 2023240 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH
Received 30 May 202335 Lea Mount Drive, Bury, BL9 7RR
Received 26 May 2023110 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DU
Received 30 May 2023Unit, 1-2 Halter Inn Works, 11 Redisher Croft, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SA
Received 30 May 2023115 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GT
Received 31 May 20234 Woburn Drive, Bury, BL9 8DA
Received 31 May 2023The Gatehouse, Woodhill Road, Bury, BL8 1BN
Received 31 May 202314 Ravens Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FU
Received 31 May 202388 Valley Mill Lane, Bury, BL9 9BY
Received 31 May 20232 Chatton Close, Bury, BL8 2UE
Received 31 May 2023Land between 205-211 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JF
Received 31 May 202349 Wood Road Lane, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5QA
Received 31 May 202327 Parksway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JB
Received 1 Jun 2023The Bungalow,7 Knowsley View, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 1 Jun 20237 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0DA
Received 31 May 202315 Sandgate Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6WG
Received 2 Jun 20237 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BL
Received 2 Jun 2023Land within Fragrance Oils site, off Eton Way South, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2FR
Received 2 Jun 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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