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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.
6,006 approved · 770 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Irwell View Farm, Touch Road, Bury, BL9 5QS
Received 25 Jun 202536 Stanway Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8FX
Received 26 Jun 202511 Crosby Road, Radcliffe, M26 4JL
Received 26 Jun 20259 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NA
Received 26 Jun 202512A Whittaker Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1FX
Received 26 Jun 202574 Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HU
Received 27 Jun 202564 Park Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FA
Received 30 Jun 202510 Lumb Carr Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NW
Received 30 Jun 2025The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 30 Jun 2025The Art Picture House, Haymarket Street, Bury, BL9 0AY
Received 30 Jun 2025Lowes Park Golf Club Ltd, Hill Top, Lowes Road, Bury, BL9 6QS
Received 30 Jun 202519 Davenport Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4HS
Received 1 Jul 202575 Fairlands Road, Bury, BL9 6QB
Received 1 Jul 2025Bleakholt Farm, Bury Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RX
Received 1 Jul 202571 Thatch Leach Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6EN
Received 1 Jul 2025Ainsworth Unitarian Chapel, Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PZ
Received 2 Jul 2025102 Gardner Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3JE
Received 2 Jul 202568-70 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JU
Received 2 Jul 202525 Thomas Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UH
Received 2 Jul 202562 Church Meadow, Bury, BL9 8JF
Received 3 Jul 2025Brick House Farm, Griffe Lane, Bury, BL9 8QS
Received 3 Jul 2025Warth Industrial Park, Warth Road, Bury, BL9 9NB
Received 4 Jul 20254 Peveril Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6NR
Received 4 Jul 2025459 Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TB
Received 4 Jul 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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