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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.
5,520 approved · 706 refused · 338 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Shrewsbury Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9GQ
Received 4 Sept 2023Unit 17, Vale Street Industrial Unit, Vale Street, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6QF
Received 4 Sept 2023313 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BB
Received 5 Sept 20231 Woodgreen Drive, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BF
Received 6 Sept 2023469 Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 3AE
Received 6 Sept 20232 Wadebridge Drive, Bury, BL8 2NN
Received 6 Sept 20234 Emerald Cottages, Boothwood Stile, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NE
Received 7 Sept 202325 Randale Drive, Bury, BL9 8HZ
Received 8 Sept 20238 Sandringham Grange, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BY
Received 8 Sept 202317 Croft Lane, Bury, BL9 8BU
Received 8 Sept 20239 Birch Lea Close, Bury, BL9 9RZ
Received 11 Sept 2023324 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6QF
Received 11 Sept 202321 Wilson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EF
Received 12 Sept 20236 Almond Avenue, Bury, BL9 7LY
Received 12 Sept 2023285 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RA
Received 12 Sept 2023Freisner Day Nursery, Earl Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1GQ
Received 12 Sept 2023Site of Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SZ
Received 12 Sept 202348 Arley Avenue, Bury, BL9 5HG
Received 13 Sept 2023132 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PB
Received 13 Sept 2023Europa House, 79-81 Barcroft Street, Suite 2e, Bury, BL9 5BT
Received 13 Sept 2023Forest Cottage, 2 Wood Road Lane, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5PZ
Received 12 Sept 202333 Carr Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TW
Received 12 Sept 202310 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JE
Received 13 Sept 2023Woodbank County Primary School, Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1AX
Received 14 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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