Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,572 approved · 714 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FY
Received 25 Jan 2024Hinds Weir, off Wellington Street, Bury, BL8 2AL
Received 25 Jan 202419 Meadway, Bury, BL9 9TY
Received 25 Jan 2024878 Burnley Road, Bury, BL9 5JY
Received 25 Jan 2024118 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8LJ
Received 25 Jan 2024Performance House, Heywood Street, Bury, BL9 7DZ
Received 25 Jan 2024Flats 1-35 inclusive, Moorfield, Wordsworth Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3QY
Received 25 Jan 20247 Meadow Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7ND
Received 25 Jan 20249 Castle Street, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5NG
Received 26 Jan 2024Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SZ
Received 26 Jan 2024Geoffrey Kershaw Centre, Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PZ
Received 26 Jan 202450 Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QN
Received 29 Jan 202423 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 29 Jan 20241 Oxford Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EL
Received 29 Jan 2024106 Redvales Road, Bury, BL9 9PT
Received 29 Jan 20241 Cranham Close, Bury, BL8 1QX
Received 30 Jan 2024Land at Green Street, Radcliffe
Received 30 Jan 20248 Redisher Croft, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JS
Received 31 Jan 202439 Bye Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0HH
Received 31 Jan 2024Land at Harper Fold Road & Canute Street, Radcliffe, M26 3BX
Received 1 Feb 202458 Apollo Avenue, Bury, BL9 8HG
Received 2 Feb 202493 Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 2 Feb 20242 Trimingham Drive, Bury, BL8 1HB
Received 2 Feb 20249 Colville Drive, Bury, BL8 2DX
Received 2 Feb 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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