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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.
5,484 approved · 704 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
562 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 19 Jul 20235 Grundy Lane, Bury, BL9 9BZ
Received 19 Jul 2023939 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5LL
Received 19 Jul 202373A Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 19 Jul 202336 Larkfield Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QJ
Received 19 Jul 202321 Thatch Leach Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6EN
Received 20 Jul 202334 James Street North, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LL
Received 21 Jul 202351 Kensington Drive, Bury, BL8 2DE
Received 24 Jul 202348 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JY
Received 24 Jul 2023253 Market Street, Bury, BL9 9JW
Received 24 Jul 20235 Square Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9BE
Received 24 Jul 20231 Park Hill Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PD
Received 24 Jul 2023St Mary's Park, St Marys Road, Prestwich, M25 1GG
Received 24 Jul 20233 Windermere Drive, Bury, BL9 9QQ
Received 25 Jul 20232 Devon Street, Bury, BL9 9BN
Received 25 Jul 2023504 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 25 Jul 2023299 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JA
Received 26 Jul 20232 Orchid Drive, Bury, BL9 9EL
Received 26 Jul 2023Whitefield Fire Station, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7SY
Received 26 Jul 2023Five Acre Farm, 90 Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QW
Received 27 Jul 2023Barrack Fold Farm, Knowsley Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PS
Received 27 Jul 20237 Salmsbury Hall Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FG
Received 31 Jul 202319 Hey Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7HX
Received 31 Jul 20233 Warth Fold Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2XL
Received 31 Jul 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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