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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.
5,448 approved · 700 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JF
Received 16 Jun 2023147 Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9LN
Received 19 Jun 202342 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6DP
Received 20 Jun 2023Jungle Mayhem, Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2ZT
Received 20 Jun 202355 Hampstead Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7YA
Received 21 Jun 202321 Sandy Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RD
Received 21 Jun 2023Titus Barn, Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QR
Received 21 Jun 2023Ainsworth Hall Farm, Ainsworth Hall Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5QT
Received 21 Jun 2023Ainsworth Hall Farm, Ainsworth Hall Road, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QT
Received 21 Jun 2023Land at side of 30 Chapeltown Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YF
Received 21 Jun 20235 Keats Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3GT
Received 22 Jun 2023Rear of 120 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4BE
Received 22 Jun 202312 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 21 Jun 202310-14 Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4EA
Received 22 Jun 202335 Radcliffe New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QZ
Received 23 Jun 202334 Newington Drive, Bury, BL8 2NE
Received 26 Jun 2023Hardy's Gate Bridge, Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2QJ
Received 26 Jun 2023Barrack Fold Farm, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PU
Received 26 Jun 2023Land opposite Fox Barn, Meadowcroft Farm, off Slaidburn Drive, Bury, BL8 3PD
Received 26 Jun 20231 Pennine Close, Bury, BL8 1RB
Received 27 Jun 20239 Maple Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EP
Received 27 Jun 2023113 Randale Drive, Bury, BL9 8NE
Received 27 Jun 2023358 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1HJ
Received 27 Jun 2023Barrack Fold Farm, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PU
Received 26 Jun 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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