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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.
5,782 approved · 741 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
9 Woodhill Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BF
Received 8 Nov 2024Bast House Cottage, 335 Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ
Received 8 Nov 2024Bast House Cottage, 335 Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ
Received 8 Nov 202432 Woodhill Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AD
Received 11 Nov 2024Unit F18/19, 7 South Street, The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JS
Received 11 Nov 2024Saw Mills, Off Spring Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JQ
Received 11 Nov 202488 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PD
Received 12 Nov 202410 Spring Vale Street, Tottington, BL8 3LR
Received 12 Nov 2024Manchester Maccabi Community And Sports Club, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EG
Received 12 Nov 202453 Sefton Drive, Bury, BL9 6PL
Received 12 Nov 202483 Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7LP
Received 12 Nov 20245 Hillstone Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EZ
Received 13 Nov 20243 Blackburn Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FT
Received 12 Nov 202421 Church Croft, Bury, BL9 8JD
Received 14 Nov 202425 Thomas Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UH
Received 14 Nov 202472 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FA
Received 15 Nov 2024Davises Farm, Mather Road, Bury, BL9 6TJ
Received 15 Nov 2024Grass verge between School Street and Pilkington Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3AP
Received 15 Nov 202487 Lowercroft Road, Bury, BL8 2EP
Received 18 Nov 202423 Bull Hill Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1BR
Received 18 Nov 2024Eagle And Child, 3 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DL
Received 18 Nov 202426 Carrwood Hey, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QT
Received 18 Nov 202435 Bronte Avenue, Bury, BL9 9RW
Received 18 Nov 202413 Higher Summerseat, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UG
Received 19 Nov 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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