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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.
5,539 approved · 708 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stand Cricket And Tennis Club, Hamilton Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7WF
Received 21 Nov 20233 Castlebrook Close, Bury, BL9 8JE
Received 21 Nov 202332 Victoria Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9ED
Received 21 Nov 202311 Malvern Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PH
Received 21 Nov 202343 Holyrood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PE
Received 22 Nov 202311 Newlands Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BU
Received 22 Nov 202311 Glenbeck Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7WN
Received 22 Nov 2023208 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JE
Received 22 Nov 2023Burrs View, Touch Road, Bury, BL9 5QS
Received 22 Nov 20232 Orchid Drive, Bury, BL9 9EL
Received 23 Nov 202312 Brookside Walk, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JT
Received 24 Nov 2023Holme Mill, Railway Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AL
Received 24 Nov 2023226 Market Street, Bury, BL9 9AB
Received 24 Nov 2023219 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2SQ
Received 27 Nov 2023Former East Lancs Paper Mill & Tower Farm, Church Street East, Cross Lane, Cock Clod Street & Brook Street, Radcliffe, M26 2PG
Received 27 Nov 2023191 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JF
Received 28 Nov 2023The Byre, 4 Hey House Mews, Holcombe Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 4QS
Received 28 Nov 2023Bevis Green Works, Mill Road, Walmersley, Bury, BL9 6RE
Received 28 Nov 202318 Trimingham Drive, Bury, BL8 1HB
Received 28 Nov 2023291 Hornby Street, Bury, BL9 5DR
Received 29 Nov 202312 Rothbury Close, Bury, BL8 2TT
Received 29 Nov 2023522 Holcombe Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4EJ
Received 29 Nov 202329 Canning Street, Bury, BL9 5AS
Received 29 Nov 2023Bury College Woodbury Centre, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG
Received 29 Nov 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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