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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.
5,714 approved · 733 refused · 353 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Mar 2011 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Langley Gardens, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3EF
Received 15 Aug 202464 Rutland Drive, Bury, BL9 9DR
Received 15 Aug 202484 & 86 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SY
Received 15 Aug 202423 Marle Croft, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NB
Received 15 Aug 20241 Castle Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FR
Received 15 Aug 20241 Parkside Mews, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QD
Received 15 Aug 20241 South Street, Bury, BL9 0JS
Received 16 Aug 202434 Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UU
Received 16 Aug 2024Land at rear of 100-102 Castle Hill Road & between 98-114 Woodgate Hill Road, Bury, BL9 7RS
Received 16 Aug 202477 Agecroft Road West, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RF
Received 16 Aug 202413 Pine Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EQ
Received 19 Aug 2024The Flat, 84 Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AG
Received 19 Aug 202452 Oak Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ET
Received 19 Aug 202417 Newington Drive, Bury, BL8 2NE
Received 20 Aug 2024Geoffrey Kershaw Centre, Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PZ
Received 20 Aug 20246 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 20 Aug 202424 Willingdon Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PA
Received 19 Aug 2024Malcolm Roussak & Co, 52 Bury Old Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TL
Received 20 Aug 202435 Bronte Avenue, Bury, BL9 9RW
Received 21 Aug 20248 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 21 Aug 202420 Birch Lea Close, Bury, BL9 9RZ
Received 21 Aug 202428 Kenilworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TG
Received 21 Aug 2024Cygnet Hospital Bury, Excel And Exceed Centre, High Bank, Bury, BL8 2BS
Received 21 Aug 202434 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LZ
Received 21 Aug 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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