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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.
5,734 approved · 734 refused · 354 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Mar 2011 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Buller Street, Bury, BL8 2BQ
Received 2 Sept 202446 Linksway Drive, Bury, BL9 8EP
Received 2 Sept 202414 The Downs, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RB
Received 3 Sept 202414 Ramsbottom Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JS
Received 3 Sept 202441 Windsor Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DD
Received 3 Sept 20242 Park Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2GR
Received 3 Sept 20241 Kenmore Way, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8JY
Received 3 Sept 2024438A Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BD
Received 3 Sept 202470 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DN
Received 3 Sept 2024395-397 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AW
Received 4 Sept 202458 Apollo Avenue, Bury, BL9 8HG
Received 5 Sept 202412 Irwell Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1LR
Received 5 Sept 2024Champion Mouldings Ltd, Eton Hill Industrial Estate, Eton Way South, Radcliffe, Bury, M26 2ZT
Received 5 Sept 202439 Great Hall Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DA
Received 5 Sept 2024106 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FY
Received 6 Sept 2024Development adj Pinfold & Blackburn Road & Burnley Road, Edenfield, Bury
Received 6 Sept 2024205 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JJ
Received 9 Sept 202414 Lumb Carr Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NW
Received 9 Sept 2024Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU
Received 9 Sept 202428 Euxton Close, Bury, BL8 2HY
Received 9 Sept 202443 Heywood Old Road, Rochdale, Manchester, M24 4QS
Received 10 Sept 202417 Belle Vue Terrace, Bury, BL9 0SY
Received 10 Sept 202420 Winchester Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LJ
Received 10 Sept 202412 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 11 Sept 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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