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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.
5,558 approved · 713 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-4 Kestrel Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6SB
Received 20 Dec 2023388 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1TU
Received 20 Dec 202321 Parkhills Close, Bury, BL9 9HB
Received 20 Dec 2023Cragg Farm, Cragg Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom
Received 21 Dec 2023Cragg Farm, Cragg Lane, Summerseat, BL9 5NR
Received 21 Dec 202317 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LD
Received 21 Dec 202372-74 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LN
Received 21 Dec 202314 Ogwen Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LH
Received 21 Dec 202374 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DT
Received 21 Dec 2023Ainsworth Road Garage, 4 Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DJ
Received 22 Dec 202315 Queen Anne Close, Bury, BL9 8LR
Received 22 Dec 2023Hillside, Greenhill Road, Bury, BL8 2LJ
Received 22 Dec 2023210 Turks Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NW
Received 22 Dec 20231 Ferngrove House, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7LS
Received 22 Dec 2023Greystones, Redisher Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4HX
Received 25 Dec 202324 Tewkesbury Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HG
Received 25 Dec 20231 Albert Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8NN
Received 27 Dec 2023144 Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LE
Received 27 Dec 202336 Northlands, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4GB
Received 28 Dec 2023162 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AW
Received 25 Dec 20239 Nursery Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3EW
Received 29 Dec 202360 Ripon Hall Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RE
Received 2 Jan 202495 Rutland Drive, Bury, BL9 9DR
Received 2 Jan 2024Site of Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Records 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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