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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.
6,080 approved · 787 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66, 66A & 68 Albert Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LX
Received 16 Sept 20253 Sergeants Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7TR
Received 17 Sept 202526 Hereford Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AG
Received 17 Sept 202550 Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JY
Received 18 Sept 20256 Pine Grove, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DR
Received 18 Sept 20259 Berkeley Crescent, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3TR
Received 18 Sept 20256 Kingswood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AB
Received 19 Sept 202574 Bury Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UU
Received 19 Sept 2025344 Bradley Fold Road, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6RL
Received 19 Sept 20253 Ravensway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0EU
Received 19 Sept 2025Land at Green Street, Radcliffe
Received 19 Sept 2025Silletts Funeral Service, Kelsil, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2TQ
Received 22 Sept 2025Meadow Nook Farm, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QE
Received 22 Sept 2025McDonalds Restaurant Park, Little 66, Bury, BL9 8RS
Received 22 Sept 202521 Stockton Drive, Bury, BL8 1UQ
Received 22 Sept 20252-4 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LE
Received 22 Sept 202541 Moss Shaw Way, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4WT
Received 22 Sept 202536 Nuttall Street, Pimhole, Bury, BL9 7EW
Received 22 Sept 202518 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LE
Received 23 Sept 20256 Bentley Lane, Bury, BL9 6RZ
Received 23 Sept 2025250 Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AJ
Received 23 Sept 202514 Claybank Drive, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BU
Received 24 Sept 202519 Holyrood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PD
Received 25 Sept 202565A Windsor Road, Prestwich, M25 0DB
Received 25 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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