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.
5,664 approved · 727 refused · 351 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flats 1-4, 1-3 Porter Street, Bury, BL9 5DZ
Received 5 Jun 2024Whitefield Fire Station, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7SY
Received 5 Jun 20246 Paradise Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9BS
Received 6 Jun 2024130 Outwood Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BG
Received 6 Jun 20249 Holcombe Grove, Radcliffe, M26 1SE
Received 6 Jun 202412 Ringley Chase, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UA
Received 7 Jun 202417 Billberry Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8BL
Received 7 Jun 202425 Callender Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DX
Received 10 Jun 202469 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LW
Received 10 Jun 202450 Scott Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9GN
Received 10 Jun 202468 Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HU
Received 10 Jun 202412 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 10 Jun 202429 Parliament Street, Bury, BL9 0TE
Received 10 Jun 202443 Woodhill Fold, Bury, BL8 1UY
Received 10 Jun 2024156 Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LE
Received 11 Jun 2024227 Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4EE
Received 11 Jun 2024Sedgley Park RUFC Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M25 7PA
Received 11 Jun 20247 Cotswold Close, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LJ
Received 11 Jun 202447 Wingate Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7GX
Received 11 Jun 2024Cromer House, Cromer Road, Bury, BL8 1ES
Received 13 Jun 202421 Leeds Close, Bury, BL9 8LD
Received 14 Jun 202410 Butterstile Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PW
Received 14 Jun 2024Land off Chaucer Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3QS
Received 14 Jun 202446 Mount Pleasant, Nangreaves, Bury, BL9 6SR
Received 14 Jun 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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