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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.
5,515 approved · 705 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Westgate Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SS
Received 22 Aug 2023Rossall, Higher Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JJ
Received 22 Aug 202344-48 Stand Lane and 4-6 New Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LJ
Received 22 Aug 202312 Cliff Avenue, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NT
Received 22 Aug 2023110 Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QJ
Received 23 Aug 202312 Carlford Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TN
Received 22 Aug 2023Topping Mill, Topping Street, Bury, BL9 6DR
Received 22 Aug 202321 Hampton Grove, Bury, BL9 6PT
Received 24 Aug 202311 Normandy Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3TD
Received 23 Aug 2023Land adjacent to 173 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DG
Received 24 Aug 202377 Haig Road, Bury, BL8 2LG
Received 24 Aug 2023Sheep Hey, 2 Leaches Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0ND
Received 24 Aug 20236 Conway Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EG
Received 25 Aug 202366 Wellington Road, Bury, BL9 9BQ
Received 25 Aug 202361 Horne Street, Bury, BL9 9HS
Received 25 Aug 20234 Est Bank Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RA
Received 28 Aug 202338 Cheshire Court, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BL
Received 28 Aug 202347 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SP
Received 29 Aug 2023White Paddocks Lodge, Harwood Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PT
Received 24 Aug 202340 Radcliffe New Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7GY
Received 29 Aug 202316 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 31 Aug 202393 - 95 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DB
Received 29 Aug 202362 Harwood Road, Bury, BL8 3PU
Received 1 Sept 20238 Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6AR
Received 4 Sept 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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