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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.
5,549 approved · 710 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
59 Agecroft Road East, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RQ
Received 8 Dec 20233 Prescot Close, Bury, BL9 9DZ
Received 8 Dec 20232 Albany Drive, Bury, BL9 9RD
Received 11 Dec 2023Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU
Received 8 Dec 2023Abbotts Hall, Woodhey Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RD
Received 12 Dec 20238 Beechwood Court, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HE
Received 12 Dec 20234 Butt Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NJ
Received 13 Dec 2023Land at Green Street, Radcliffe
Received 13 Dec 2023Land off Holcombe Grove/south east of Milltown Street, Radcliffe, M26 1SE
Received 13 Dec 2023406 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PZ
Received 14 Dec 2023168 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1AX
Received 14 Dec 2023Shaunings Cottage, Bolton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JA
Received 15 Dec 202365 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DB
Received 15 Dec 2023Heaton House, Brierley Street, Bury, BL9 9HN
Received 18 Dec 202347 Fairfield Drive, Bury, BL9 7SL
Received 18 Dec 2023147-155 Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1NH
Received 18 Dec 2023Land near junction of Albert Road & Waterdale Drive, Whitefield, M45 8NN
Received 18 Dec 202328 Openshaw Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EH
Received 18 Dec 20232 Mosslee Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LY
Received 19 Dec 202335 Brookside Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BG
Received 19 Dec 202324 Tamworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UH
Received 19 Dec 2023Former Tarmac Building Materials, Stopes Road, Bolton, BL3 1NR
Received 19 Dec 2023116 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2BY
Received 19 Dec 2023431 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HB
Received 20 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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