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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.
5,895 approved · 759 refused · 373 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
81 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LH
Received 18 Mar 202558 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JY
Received 18 Mar 202520 Fairway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JH
Received 18 Mar 202573A Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 18 Mar 20256 The Stables, Scholes Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0NH
Received 19 Mar 202550 Craigwell Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FE
Received 19 Mar 2025Pyramid Park, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG
Received 13 Mar 202555 Stanley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QW
Received 20 Mar 2025St Thomas Primary School, Pimhole Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EY
Received 20 Mar 2025St Stephens C of E Primary School, Colville Drive, Bury, BL8 2DX
Received 20 Mar 2025Radcliffe Hall C Of E Methodist Primary School, Bury Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2GB
Received 20 Mar 202579 Bishops Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AS
Received 20 Mar 202536 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NT
Received 20 Mar 202522 Newington Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M8 4LT
Received 21 Mar 2025Former Texaco Garage, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 0HH
Received 20 Mar 202512 Tamworth Drive, Bury, BL8 1DP
Received 21 Mar 2025Miller & Carter, Brandlesholme Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DS
Received 21 Mar 2025138 Rectory Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1DJ
Received 21 Mar 2025357 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LU
Received 21 Mar 20252 Watkins Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DS
Received 21 Mar 202511 Perrymead, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QJ
Received 24 Mar 202518 Avon Drive, Bury, BL9 6SN
Received 24 Mar 20253 Ringley Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7BX
Received 24 Mar 202569 Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DN
Received 24 Mar 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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