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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,039Searchable applications
165Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,748 approved or refused records
767Refused applications
5,981 approved · 767 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 2010 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlContact planning Solicitor, conveyancing and search enquiriesLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Heritage - Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- General council enquiries+441612535000Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas12 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided72023
Listed Building Consent for installation of stud wall in main bedroom to form en suite bathroom; associated drainage connection and replacement of the existing external black metal rainwater pipe
15 Barwood Lea, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AX
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72024
New front porch and erection of conservatory at rear
61 Clifford Drive, Bury, BL9 6GG
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72026
Change of use of dwelling (Class C3) to 5 no. holiday let units
Brook Bottom Farm, Bury Old Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RZ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72027
Detached holiday let unit, hydrotherapy pod & 2 no. hot tubs
Brook Bottom Farm, Bury Old Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RZ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72028
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission 71413 (single storey extension at side/rear):New window to rear elevation
8 Dartmouth Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AS
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72029
Article 18 consultation from Rossendale Borough Council ( 2025/0148) - Change of use from restaurant/hospitality venue to 18 residential apartments with associated works (including completion of part-built external part of southern extension with fenestration changes) to facilitate change of use
The Fishermans Retreat, Riding Head Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire BL0 0HH
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72031
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit and relocation of existing phone kiosks
Pavement adjacent to car park in front of 174-176 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72032
Advertisement consent for 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of 1 no. BT street hub unit
Pavement adjacent to car park in front of 174-176 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72033
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit and removal of existing phone kiosk
Pavement outside Aldi 380 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AR
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72034
Advertisement consent for 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of 1 no. BT street hub unit
Pavement outside Aldi 380 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AR
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72035
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit and removal of existing phone kiosks
Pavement at side of Unit 3 Angouleme Retail Park, George Street, Bury, BL9 7AX
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72036
Advertisement consent for 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of 1 no. BT street hub unit
Pavement at side of Unit 3 Angouleme Retail Park, George Street, Bury, BL9 7AX
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72037
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit
Pavement outside 13 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9JZ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72038
Advertisement consent for 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of 1 no. BT street hub unit
Pavement outside 13 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9JZ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Appeal decided72039
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit and relocation of existing phone kiosk
Pavement at side of Morrisons, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QS
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Appeal decided72040
Advertisement consent for 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of 1 no. BT street hub unit
Pavement at side of Morrisons, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8QS
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided72041
Single storey front extension with render to ground floor front elevation
72 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decided72043
Two storey side extension; Front porch
57A Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decided72044
Erection of site office and welfare compound; 2 no. smoking shelters; 2.4m high hoarding for a temporary period of 3 years
Metrolink car park, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Unknown72045
Removal of condition no. 17 (a sprinkler/misting system) from planning permission 68505 (Demolition works and redevelopment for 4no. new dwellings (3 new build, 1 barn conversion) with car ports and two storey extension at side of existing farmhouse; associated landscaping; access works)Independent Fire Consultant Comments submitted
Hollymount Farm, Hollymount Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HP
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decided72046
Proposed garage conversion and first floor extension at side over existing garage
25 Bournville Drive, Bury, BL8 2UF
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decided72047
Lawful development certificate for proposed change of use of dwelling (Class C3) to 6 person House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
80 Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 9ED
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decided72049
Variation of condition no. 2 (approved plans) on plannning permission 70949 (Two storey rear extension; Front porch): Widening of the approved ground floor extension by an additional 0.5 metres; Extension of part of the approved first floor extension by an additional 1.5 metres; Alteration of the proposed pitched roof to a flat roof design.
6 Holmfield Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BH
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Unknown72050
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 69702 (Demolition of existing industrial buildings and erection of 3 no. detached dwellings): 1. Increase depth of the buildings by 1m (internal floor area) to front elevation 2. Addition of single storey extension to rear of property to give additional 2m (internal floor area) 3. Roof of single storey extension to be a balcony with access from rear bedrooms French doors to replace window. Both sides of the balcony to be built up in stone to match with stone copings and a glass balustrade to front. 4. Roof gables to be increased and capped with stone copings 5. Roof amended to have a full width gable to rear of building with associated windows in rear elevation to replace roof lights. 6. Windows to be changed to white or coloured flush fitting UPVC to enable triple glazed acoustic glass to be incorporated. 7. Add windows to the turn of the stairs on all floors. Add a window to the main bathroom. Also change French doors in the kitchen/diner to 4m bi-fold windows.
Unit, 1-2 Halter Inn Works, 11 Redisher Croft, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SA
Received 11 Jun 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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