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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.
5,918 approved · 762 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land between 18 & 24 Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5QD
Received 31 Mar 2025Higher House, Moor Road, Holcombe, Bury, BL8 4NX
Received 31 Mar 2025241 Whittingham Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NY
Received 31 Mar 2025388 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DT
Received 31 Mar 2025Station Works, Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UA
Received 31 Mar 202521 Sleaford Close, Bury, BL8 1XF
Received 31 Mar 202580 Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 9ED
Received 31 Mar 20251A Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NF
Received 31 Mar 2025Land on the south east side of Milltown Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26
Received 26 Mar 202528 Bent Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1DN
Received 31 Mar 2025182 St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9QS
Received 31 Mar 2025Ainsworth Nursing Home, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PT
Received 31 Mar 2025Land adjacent to Manor House, Long Lane, Bury, BL9 5QT
Received 31 Mar 2025Land between 7 and 11 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EY
Received 31 Mar 2025Higher House, Moor Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NX
Received 31 Mar 202520 Wilson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EF
Received 31 Mar 2025Warth Industrial Park, Warth Road, Bury, BL9 9NB
Received 1 Apr 20252 Hackney Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4UG
Received 1 Apr 20252A Beech Grove, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4DY
Received 1 Apr 202586 Cross Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2RF
Received 2 Apr 2025Land at Pyramid Park, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG
Received 2 Apr 20253 Belfield Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FN
Received 3 Apr 20254 Otterbury Close, Bury, BL8 2TY
Received 4 Apr 2025Bury Interchange and land bounded by Pyramid Park/East Lancashire railway line, Knowsley Place/Duke Street, Bury, BL9 0EJ
Received 4 Apr 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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