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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.
5,513 approved · 705 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site of Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SZ
Received 15 Aug 202314 Poynton Close, Bury, BL9 9EA
Received 15 Aug 202316 Bridgemere Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4FS
Received 15 Aug 20233 Lynmouth Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TH
Received 16 Aug 202357 Plymouth Grove, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WU
Received 15 Aug 2023250 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8LA
Received 16 Aug 202310 Langley Gardens, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3EF
Received 16 Aug 202372 Mersey Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LF
Received 16 Aug 202313 Wood Road Lane, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5QA
Received 16 Aug 20233 no. sites on Sandgate Road, 2 no. sites on Heys Road and 1 no. site on Heywood Road, Willow Road, Fairfax Road and St Margarets Road
Received 17 Aug 2023508 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 17 Aug 202321 Kersal Wood Avenue, Prestwich, M7 3AS
Received 17 Aug 202350 Dales Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NN
Received 17 Aug 2023Kemp Heaton Avenue, situated between Bury Cemetery to the north and Peachment Place Extra Care apartments to the south.
Received 17 Aug 202359 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LW
Received 18 Aug 2023135 Newington Drive, Bury, BL8 2EG
Received 21 Aug 202324 Neston Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DB
Received 21 Aug 202325 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LD
Received 21 Aug 20237 Grantham Drive, Bury, BL8 1XW
Received 21 Aug 20232 Cliff Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NT
Received 21 Aug 20233 Parksway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JE
Received 21 Aug 20232 Connaught Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6DA
Received 22 Aug 202311 Southfield Avenue, Bury, BL9 5HS
Received 21 Aug 202333 Kersal Wood Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M7 3AS
Received 21 Aug 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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