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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.
5,761 approved · 737 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 7 Oct 20247 Whittaker Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2DT
Received 7 Oct 202418 The Drive, Bury, BL9 5DG
Received 7 Oct 2024Little Holcombe House, Lumb Carr Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NJ
Received 7 Oct 2024165 Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 7BB
Received 8 Oct 202468 Palatine Drive, Bury, BL9 6RR
Received 9 Oct 202452 Heaton Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1HH
Received 10 Oct 20247 Rufford Close, Bury, Manchester, M45 8UD
Received 10 Oct 202443 Richmond Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LW
Received 9 Oct 202411 Wrigglesworth Close, Lowercroft, Bury, BL8 3PB
Received 11 Oct 202414 Borough Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2QG
Received 10 Oct 2024264 Bolton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4JN
Received 11 Oct 2024Asda Stores Ltd, Park 66, Bury, BL9 8RS
Received 11 Oct 20244 Tor Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HG
Received 11 Oct 2024Victoria Retail Park, Unit 1 and Unit 2, Victoria Street, Bury, BL8 2EQ
Received 14 Oct 2024Bevis Green Works, Mill Road, Bury, BL9 6RE
Received 11 Oct 2024103 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0TD
Received 11 Oct 2024Asda Stores Ltd, Park 66, Bury, BL9 8RS
Received 14 Oct 2024Land at the junction of Hollins Brook Way and Pilsworth Road, Bury, BL9 8RR
Received 4 Oct 2024138 Rochdale Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7BD
Received 15 Oct 202424 Grindsbrook Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JS
Received 15 Oct 202418 Pot Green, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RG
Received 15 Oct 2024Sheepgate Farm Cottage, Bradshaw Road, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PL
Received 15 Oct 202464 Parsonage Street, Bury, BL9 6BL
Received 15 Oct 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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