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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.
5,993 approved · 767 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
52 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0SX
Received 12 Jun 2025Land off Fletcher Fold Road, Bury, BL9 9RX
Received 12 Jun 2025Land off Brookbottom Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4HX
Received 12 Jun 2025165 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5DE
Received 12 Jun 2025125 Mather Road, Bury, BL9 6SL
Received 12 Jun 20251 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 13 Jun 20252 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 13 Jun 2025Hawkshaw Hall, Hawkshaw Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4LD
Received 13 Jun 202544-48 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LL
Received 13 Jun 2025116 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2RX
Received 16 Jun 202559 Holthouse Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LA
Received 16 Jun 2025Holcombe Brook Sports and Tennis Club, Hazel Hall Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL0 9FS
Received 16 Jun 202521 Grindsbrook Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4JS
Received 17 Jun 202532 Euxton Close, Bury, BL8 2HY
Received 17 Jun 202522 Wilson Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EF
Received 17 Jun 20251 Waterdale Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8SB
Received 17 Jun 2025Sillivan Works, Wood Street, Bury, BL8 2SL
Received 18 Jun 2025110 Watling Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QJ
Received 18 Jun 2025Former Car Time, Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6BB
Received 18 Jun 20251 Wiltshire Close, Bury, BL9 9EY
Received 19 Jun 202583 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HY
Received 18 Jun 202591 Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1DW
Received 19 Jun 2025Moss View, 4 Killy Lane, Bury, BL9 8GA
Received 19 Jun 202593 Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 19 Jun 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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