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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.
6,070 approved · 783 refused · 388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Bottoms Hall Cottages, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QB
Received 29 Aug 202510 Chiltern Drive, Bury, BL8 1QY
Received 29 Aug 2025Globe Industrial Estate, Darbyshire Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 9TA
Received 29 Aug 202550 Willow Street, Bury, BL9 7QZ
Received 1 Sept 2025108 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DF
Received 1 Sept 202534 Lichfield Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HX
Received 2 Sept 2025Bury Hebrew Congregation, Sunny Bank Road, Bury, BL9 8ET
Received 2 Sept 20259 Woodhill Vale, Bury, BL8 1AH
Received 2 Sept 20256 Fernbank, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YB
Received 2 Sept 20252 Fairhaven Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7QG
Received 3 Sept 202574b Water Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DF
Received 3 Sept 202515 Penrhyn Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LW
Received 5 Sept 2025Land off Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY
Received 5 Sept 20258 Carlton Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EB
Received 5 Sept 202567 Newington Drive, Bury, BL8 2DZ
Received 5 Sept 202537 Middleton Drive, Whitefield, Bury, BL9 8DT
Received 8 Sept 20254 Colville Drive, Bury, BL8 2DX
Received 8 Sept 202522 Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WF
Received 8 Sept 202512 Deane Close, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LG
Received 8 Sept 2025119 Summerseat Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UB
Received 28 Aug 2025Land off Mottram Old Road Hyde SK14 3BE
Received 8 Sept 202520 Church Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NF
Received 9 Sept 2025Meadow Heys, Moorbottom Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4NS
Received 9 Sept 2025282-284 Hollins Lane, Bury, BL9 8AY
Received 9 Sept 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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