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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.
5,431 approved · 697 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Heybrook Walk, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8HQ
Received 5 Jun 202374 Higher Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JF
Received 5 Jun 2023Congregational Church, Harwood Road, Bury, BL8 3PN
Received 5 Jun 2023Land adjacent to 73 Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EZ
Received 5 Jun 2023551 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9ST
Received 6 Jun 2023117 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EQ
Received 5 Jun 20232 Holcombe Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1SE
Received 6 Jun 2023107 Swinton Crescent, Bury, BL9 8PB
Received 6 Jun 202311 Parkhills Close, Bury, BL9 9HB
Received 6 Jun 2023Junction of Cuckoo Lane & Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester
Received 6 Jun 202378 Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NH
Received 7 Jun 2023Bast House Farm, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ
Received 2 Jun 202328 Woodgate Hill Road, Bury, BL9 7LT
Received 7 Jun 2023Rostrevor Hotel, 146-148 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0TL
Received 7 Jun 2023Norcot, Moorbottom Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NS
Received 8 Jun 2023Arthur Lane Nurseries, Arthur Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PW
Received 8 Jun 202340 Hurst Street, Bury, BL9 7ES
Received 8 Jun 202341 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EY
Received 8 Jun 202353 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG
Received 8 Jun 2023Starbucks Drive Thru, Asda Stores Ltd, Park 66, Bury, BL9 8RS
Received 9 Jun 202323 Heapworth Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9EH
Received 12 Jun 202376 Neston Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DB
Received 12 Jun 2023108 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LE
Received 12 Jun 202344 Cedar Street, Bury, BL9 7QF
Received 12 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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