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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.
5,910 approved · 762 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3DE
Received 27 Mar 2025427 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AF
Received 27 Mar 2025Land to rear of 69 Sandy Lane/Lowther Court, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PS
Received 27 Mar 2025Halls Mill Retail Park, Back Foundry Street, Bury, BL9 7AZ
Received 27 Mar 20253 Hardmans Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7BB
Received 27 Mar 2025186 Railway Street, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5QB
Received 28 Mar 202556 Watling Street, Bury, BL8 2JJ
Received 28 Mar 202575 Parkhills Road, Bury, BL9 9AR
Received 28 Mar 2025Moor House, 42 Cockey Moor Road, Radcliffe, Bury, BL8 2HB
Received 28 Mar 2025105 Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9JB
Received 28 Mar 202528 Alnwick Drive, Bury, BL9 8BZ
Received 28 Mar 20255 Ashby Grove, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6EX
Received 28 Mar 202546 Chadderton Drive, Bury, BL9 8NR
Received 28 Mar 202525 Lindale Avenue, Bury, BL9 8ED
Received 31 Mar 2025506 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RU
Received 31 Mar 202534 Kenilworth Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6TG
Received 31 Mar 2025121 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DU
Received 31 Mar 2025299 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4LY
Received 31 Mar 202578-80 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SY
Received 26 Mar 20255 Brightwater Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8SE
Received 27 Mar 2025865 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5LE
Received 27 Mar 2025113 Heywood Old Road, Rochdale, Manchester, M24 4QG
Received 27 Mar 2025Land adjacent to 391 Whalley Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0ER
Received 28 Mar 202524 & 26 Wellington Road, Bury, BL9 9BG
Received 28 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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