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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.
5,939 approved · 762 refused · 377 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DH
Received 28 Apr 202532 Parrenthorn Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RL
Received 29 Apr 2025116 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2RX
Received 29 Apr 202520 Fairway Road, Bury, BL9 8DY
Received 29 Apr 20253 St Peters Road, Bury, BL9 9RA
Received 30 Apr 20256 Wells Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0GN
Received 30 Apr 202582 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LA
Received 30 Apr 2025Barwood Lea Mill, Grants Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NB
Received 30 Apr 20254 Whittingham Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9LZ
Received 30 Apr 2025Land at corner of Ribchester Drive & Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9JT
Received 30 Apr 202521 Windsor Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DD
Received 1 May 2025155A Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4FD
Received 1 May 202511 Crosby Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JL
Received 1 May 202585 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NB
Received 1 May 2025Land between 145 and 115 Holcombe Old Road, Bury, BL8 4NF
Received 1 May 202510 Penrith Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6UJ
Received 5 May 2025Shoulder Of Mutton, Holcombe Village, Bury, BL8 4LZ
Received 6 May 2025Shoulder Of Mutton, Holcombe Village, Bury, BL8 4LZ
Received 6 May 2025195 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BQ
Received 6 May 2025Bury Hospice, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7RG
Received 6 May 2025Former Bury Police Office HQ, Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Received 6 May 2025137 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0ND
Received 6 May 202547 Dundee Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HL
Received 7 May 202521 Craig Avenue, Bury, BL8 2PG
Received 7 May 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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