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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.
6,012 approved · 772 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Twine Valley Farm. off Church Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0EH
Received 4 Jul 2025Lester House, 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0AW
Received 4 Jul 20257 St Austell Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EY
Received 8 Jul 2025179 Turks Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WW
Received 9 Jul 2025Holcombe Brook Sports Club, Hazel Hall Lane, Tottington, Bury, BL0 9FS
Received 9 Jul 2025165-167 Stand Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1JR
Received 9 Jul 202527 Oaklands Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LJ
Received 10 Jul 202539 Simister Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SU
Received 9 Jul 2025Former Bank Lane Friendly Burial Society Building, Spring Street, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, BL0 0DS
Received 9 Jul 2025108 Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7LR
Received 10 Jul 2025289 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LS
Received 14 Jul 202571 George Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NN
Received 9 Jul 2025Former Tarmac Building Materials Ltd, Stopes Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1NR
Received 10 Jul 2025Land off Victoria Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6DP
Received 11 Jul 2025Meadow View, Watling Street, Tottington, BL8 3QR
Received 11 Jul 20254 Croft Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SE
Received 11 Jul 2025Summerseat Island, off Miller Street, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5PE
Received 11 Jul 202571 Agecroft Road West, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9RF
Received 14 Jul 2025250 Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AJ
Received 14 Jul 2025St Thomas Primary School, Pimhole Road, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EY
Received 14 Jul 20251 Mansfield Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9US
Received 17 Jul 2025Pyramid Park, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG
Received 22 Jul 2025Land off Market Street, Edenfield
Received 23 Jul 202514-16 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Received 23 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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