Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,046 approved · 777 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Beech Grove Close, Bury, BL9 6ES
Received 1 Aug 202542 Wellington Road, Bury, BL9 9BQ
Received 1 Aug 2025Site of Car Time, Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6BB
Received 4 Aug 2025Site of Car Time, Bell Lane, Bury, BL9 6BB
Received 4 Aug 20252 Kimble Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4QQ
Received 4 Aug 2025Land off Bury & Bolton Road, Radcliffe, M26 4PF
Received 4 Aug 202520 Stanford Hall Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FD
Received 4 Aug 202578-80 Church Street West, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SY
Received 11 Aug 2025Land on south side of Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, BL8 4JF
Received 4 Aug 2025Hilsden Farm Stables, Ringley Road West, Radcliffe, M26 1DW
Received 12 Aug 2025378 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1HJ
Received 19 Aug 2025Scout Moor Wind Farm, Rochdale
Received 26 Aug 2025Ferns Farm, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QH
Received 29 Aug 2025Star Academy, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2SZ
Received 12 Aug 202510 Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Received 23 Jul 2025McDonalds Restaurant, Little 66, Bury, BL9 8RD
Received 4 Aug 2025361 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7SU
Received 5 Aug 202519 Bloomfield Drive, Bury, BL9 8JX
Received 5 Aug 202512 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DZ
Received 6 Aug 202555 Gardner Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3HX
Received 6 Aug 202514 Hillstone Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EZ
Received 7 Aug 202566 Hathaway Road, Bury, BL9 8EG
Received 6 Aug 2025Site of former Riverside High School, School Street, Radcliffe, M23 5BW
Received 7 Aug 20258 Stanford Hall Crescent, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9FD
Received 7 Aug 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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