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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.
5,545 approved · 709 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
40 Cockey Moor Road, Bury, BL8 2HB
Received 30 Nov 202316 Pinewood Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9XE
Received 1 Dec 20232 Taunton Grove, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TJ
Received 1 Dec 20232 Burghley Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3XZ
Received 1 Dec 20232 Skegness Close, Bury, BL8 1EQ
Received 29 Nov 2023Land at Burns Avenue (rear of 26-28 St Peters Road), Bury, BL9 9RB
Received 1 Dec 2023Eastholme, St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9LD
Received 1 Dec 202325 Jesmond Drive, Bury, BL8 1EE
Received 1 Dec 2023Albion Mill, Albion Street, Bury, BL8 2AD
Received 1 Dec 202385 Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 4 Dec 202320 Kingswood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AB
Received 4 Dec 2023508 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 4 Dec 202311 Pinfold Drive, Prestwich, M25 3EQ
Received 4 Dec 202318 First Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3JA
Received 4 Dec 202310 Ringley Chase, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UA
Received 4 Dec 202329 Parrenthorn Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RH
Received 4 Dec 2023Redlands, Rawsons Rake, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HH
Received 4 Dec 2023259 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BD
Received 5 Dec 202354 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FF
Received 5 Dec 20235 Crompton Street, Bury, BL9 0AD
Received 5 Dec 202315 Woodthorpe Grange, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0GU
Received 6 Dec 202311 Marle Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NB
Received 6 Dec 202338 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LE
Received 8 Dec 20233 Ruth Street, Bury, BL9 6LU
Received 8 Dec 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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