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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.
5,665 approved · 727 refused · 351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
46 Mount Pleasant, Nangreaves, Bury, BL9 6SR
Received 17 Jun 2024Margaret Haes Riding Centre Ltd, Moor Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NX
Received 17 Jun 202444 Bradley Fold Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5QP
Received 17 Jun 202422 Saville Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JX
Received 17 Jun 202447 Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BH
Received 17 Jun 202485 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5AN
Received 17 Jun 20242 Bentley Meadows, Walshaw, Bury, BL8 3GL
Received 18 Jun 2024Mayfield Garage Ltd, Eldon Street, Bury, BL9 5AZ
Received 19 Jun 20242 Newlands Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M45 7WR
Received 19 Jun 202432 The Drive, Bury, BL9 5DG
Received 19 Jun 2024562 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2DU
Received 19 Jun 202412 Bramley Drive, Bury, BL8 1JL
Received 19 Jun 202423 Warwick Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TU
Received 20 Jun 202433 Sunny Bower Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HL
Received 20 Jun 2024Units 1 & 2, Sedgley Park Trading Estate, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WD
Received 20 Jun 2024Units 1 & 2, Sedgley Park Trading Estate, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WD
Received 20 Jun 2024108 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LE
Received 20 Jun 20248 Near Hey Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3YY
Received 21 Jun 2024273 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LS
Received 21 Jun 2024166A Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 21 Jun 20247 Pimlott Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TR
Received 24 Jun 20243 Chatsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4NT
Received 24 Jun 2024Old Wash House, 2 Knowsley View, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 24 Jun 202414 Clitheroe Drive, Bury, BL8 2JU
Received 24 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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