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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.
6,126 approved · 792 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Springside View, Bury, BL8 4LU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land adjacent to 62 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JQ
Received 13 Nov 202512 Meadfoot Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0AR
Received 13 Nov 2025Land adjacent to 62 Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JQ
Received 13 Nov 2025Land near Whitefield Golf Club, corner of Parr Hill/Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7EZ
Received 14 Nov 202535 Pilkington Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3PF
Received 17 Nov 202558 Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3NH
Received 17 Nov 202552 Woodward Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TU
Received 17 Nov 20256 Booth Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3BU
Received 17 Nov 202568 Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7LN
Received 17 Nov 2025142-144 Butterstile Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9TJ
Received 17 Nov 202516A Sergeants Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7TS
Received 17 Nov 202512 Monmouth Avenue, Bury, BL9 5DU
Received 17 Nov 20254 Glebelands Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1NE
Received 18 Nov 202544 Rectory Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BL
Received 18 Nov 202519 Astley Hall Drive, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9DF
Received 18 Nov 20258 Oak Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ET
Received 19 Nov 202510 Cranbrook Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JZ
Received 19 Nov 2025Brook Bottom Farm, Bury Old Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RZ
Received 21 Nov 2025Brook Bottom Farm, Bury Old Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RZ
Received 21 Nov 2025Land at Billberry Close & Albert Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8BL
Received 21 Nov 2025Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD
Received 21 Nov 2025Pavement outside KFC, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AJ
Received 21 Nov 2025Pavement outside 516 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3AN
Received 21 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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