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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.
5,526 approved · 706 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Silverdale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FD
Received 14 Sept 202326 Larkfield Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QJ
Received 14 Sept 202362 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FA
Received 15 Sept 202390 Hunstanton Drive, Bury, BL8 1XH
Received 15 Sept 2023Land adjacent to 11 Walter Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3HJ
Received 18 Sept 202363 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EA
Received 15 Sept 202338 Keswick Drive, Bury, BL9 9LT
Received 26 Sept 20232 Brierley Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7RD
Received 18 Sept 20237 Whittaker Street, Radcliffe, Bury, M26 2TD
Received 19 Sept 20233 Leyburn Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UE
Received 20 Sept 20235 Bloomfield Drive, Bury, BL9 8JX
Received 21 Sept 2023257 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1DH
Received 20 Sept 2023161 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JD
Received 20 Sept 20238 Garside Hey Road, Bury, BL8 1HZ
Received 21 Sept 20238 Moss Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8DY
Received 22 Sept 202342 Sandgate Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6WG
Received 22 Sept 20238 Shirehills, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QB
Received 22 Sept 202378-80, Church Street West, Radcliffe, M26 2SY
Received 22 Sept 202366 Hathaway Road, Bury, BL9 8EG
Received 22 Sept 20239 Chatsworth Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LZ
Received 25 Sept 20233 Sunningdale Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GW
Received 25 Sept 2023136 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8LJ
Received 25 Sept 20237 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JF
Received 22 Sept 2023Land off James Street & Alfred Street, Bury
Received 25 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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