Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,833 approved · 750 refused · 365 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
142 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AW
Received 16 Jan 2025RTK Grab Hire Ltd, Plant Hire Yard, Wellington Street, Bury, BL8 2BD
Received 16 Jan 2025Star Radcliffe Academy, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2SZ
Received 16 Jan 202548 Stanley Avenue North, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AT
Received 17 Jan 202522 Woodhill Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AD
Received 17 Jan 2025Kemp Heaton Avenue, situated between Bury Cemetery to the north and Peachment Place Extra Care apartments to the south
Received 16 Jan 20251 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP
Received 17 Jan 2025Elton Liberal Club, New George Street, Bury, BL8 1NW
Received 17 Jan 20252 Buckley Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M45 7JZ
Received 20 Jan 202575 Milner Avenue, Bury, BL9 6NG
Received 20 Jan 202527 Ringley Chase, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7UA
Received 20 Jan 202585 Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 20 Jan 20251 Mansfield Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9US
Received 20 Jan 202524 East Meade, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JJ
Received 20 Jan 202514 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EX
Received 20 Jan 20252 Bentham Close, Bury, BL8 3DL
Received 20 Jan 202530 Westgate Avenue, Bury, BL9 0TJ
Received 20 Jan 202514 Wavell Drive, Bury, BL9 8PG
Received 20 Jan 2025425 Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4LJ
Received 21 Jan 202532 Ivy Road, Bury, BL8 2PW
Received 21 Jan 2025Brick House Farm, Griffe Lane, Bury, BL9 8QS
Received 21 Jan 2025Chantlers County Primary School, Foulds Avenue, Bury, BL8 2SF
Received 22 Jan 2025106 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FY
Received 22 Jan 2025Halls Mill Retail Park, Back Foundry Street, Bury
Received 22 Jan 2025Records 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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