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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.
5,696 approved · 731 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Park Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PB
Received 22 Jul 2024Gorsehill, 94 Starling Road, Radcliffe, Bury, BL8 2HH
Received 19 Jul 202423 Roch Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LR
Received 22 Jul 2024Burnt House Farm, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QF
Received 22 Jul 2024Performance House, Heywood Street, Bury, BL9 7DZ
Received 22 Jul 202483 Kingfisher Drive, Bury, BL9 6JF
Received 23 Jul 2024Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD
Received 23 Jul 2024Norcot, Moorbottom Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NS
Received 24 Jul 202431 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EY
Received 24 Jul 2024399 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NR
Received 25 Jul 202434 St Josephs Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6NT
Received 25 Jul 2024Harry Whitehead Court, Lowes Road, Bury, BL9 6QN
Received 25 Jul 202411 Grundy Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TG
Received 25 Jul 2024Site adjacent to Unit 1, Todd Street, Bury, BL9 5AA
Received 25 Jul 202495 Polefield Hall Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2WW
Received 25 Jul 2024227 Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8JU
Received 26 Jul 20242 The Mall, Bury, BL9 0QQ
Received 26 Jul 202457 Bishops Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HS
Received 26 Jul 2024Warth Industrial Park, Warth Road, Bury, BL9 9NB
Received 26 Jul 202458 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SQ
Received 26 Jul 20248 Garden Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9BQ
Received 26 Jul 202436 Albion Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BH
Received 26 Jul 2024Baxter Head Farm, Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QL
Received 29 Jul 202442 Fairlands Road, Bury, BL9 6QB
Received 29 Jul 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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