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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.
6,121 approved · 792 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to 62 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JQ
Received 4 Nov 20254 Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Received 4 Nov 2025The Beeches, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UN
Received 4 Nov 202537 Redvales Road, Bury, BL9 9PU
Received 4 Nov 2025Unit 1, Jubilee Works, Vale Street, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 6QF
Received 4 Nov 2025112 Horne Street, Bury, BL9 9HS
Received 6 Nov 202520 Benson Street, Bury, BL9 7EP
Received 5 Nov 2025Former Mondi/Holcombe Mill, Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BS
Received 6 Nov 202547 Byron Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4EN
Received 6 Nov 2025Cragg Farm, 94 Bass Lane, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5NS
Received 6 Nov 2025Riding For The Disabled Association, Moor Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL8 4XX
Received 6 Nov 20251 Whittles, Turton Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3QQ
Received 7 Nov 2025St Hildas C Of E Primary School, Whittaker Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1HA
Received 7 Nov 2025Bury Metro Arts Association Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BW
Received 7 Nov 2025Land at Ivy Bank, Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6RU
Received 10 Nov 202529 Bland Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9NW
Received 11 Nov 202523 Southfield Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9ST
Received 11 Nov 20251 Hawthorn Crescent, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3NG
Received 21 Oct 202544-48 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HX
Received 11 Nov 20255 Chapel Grove, Fernbank, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1YP
Received 11 Nov 2025Site of Whittaker House, Whittaker Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2TD
Received 11 Nov 202582 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Received 11 Nov 202553 Bury Old Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SD
Received 12 Nov 2025Eastholme, St Anns Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9LD
Received 12 Nov 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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