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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.
5,814 approved · 746 refused · 363 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement between Roma 268 Bury New Road & Morrisons, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QS
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 130 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4BE
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj Bury Interchange, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BL
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj Units 1 & 2, Angouleme Retail Park, Angouleme Way, Bury, BL9 0BZ
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 65-69 Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 7AX
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 184 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 23 Dec 202424 Grindsbrook Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JS
Received 31 Dec 20245 Windsor Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DD
Received 1 Jan 202533 Mount Pleasant, Nangreaves, Bury, BL9 6SP
Received 2 Jan 2025430/430A Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BD
Received 3 Jan 2025Woodside, Dundee Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HF
Received 6 Jan 20255 Hackney Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4UG
Received 6 Jan 202517 Cliff Mount, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9EP
Received 7 Jan 202510-12 Salisbury Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HU
Received 7 Jan 2025Pavement adj 184 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 23 Dec 202423 Hillstone Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EZ
Received 8 Jan 20256 Hollyedge Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RG
Received 8 Jan 20253 St Peters Road, Bury, BL9 9RA
Received 8 Jan 2025Pavement adj Aldi 380 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AR
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 109 Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8JN
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 48 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JU
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement between Roma 268 Bury New Road & Morrisons, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QS
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj 130 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4BE
Received 23 Dec 2024Pavement adj Bury Interchange, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BL
Received 23 Dec 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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