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Bury

In the last 12 months, 90.1% of full planning applications were approved in Bury (586 decided). A typical decision takes about nine weeks (median 64 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-12–2026-07-02): 88.0% of 2,841 decisions approved.

3,680Total applications
2,499Approved
342Refused
134Withdrawn
278Pending
88.0%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,473Delegated
196Not Available
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 2,183 1,944 239
89.1%
Discharge of Conditions 131 127 4
96.9%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 130 124 6
95.4%
Permitted Development - Extensions 120 120 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 88 48 40
54.5%
Prior Approval (Other) 55 42 13
76.4%
Listed Building Consent 32 28 4
87.5%
Consultation From Neighbouring Authority 24 21 3
87.5%
Telecommunications 17 10 7
58.8%
Planning Permission in Principle 13 6 7
46.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 12 0 12
0.0%
Demolition 10 9 1
90.0%
Outline Planning 6 3 3
50.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 6 5 1
83.3%
Reserved Matters 5 5 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 2 0 2
0.0%
Prior App Commercial to mixed use 1 1 0
100.0%
Reg 3 Council's Own Development 1 1 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings 1 1 0
100.0%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 1 1 0
100.0%
Agricultural 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Solar PV 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 215 185
86.0%
2023-Q4 246 215
87.4%
2024-Q1 220 193
87.7%
2024-Q2 176 156
88.6%
2024-Q3 198 179
90.4%
2024-Q4 193 173
89.6%
2025-Q1 218 195
89.4%
2025-Q2 229 205
89.5%
2025-Q3 261 234
89.7%
2025-Q4 258 226
87.6%
2026-Q1 221 180
81.4%
2026-Q2 131 121
92.4%
2026-Q3 2 1
50.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Prestwich - Sedgley 298 263 35
88.3%
North Manor 244 221 23
90.6%
Bury East 236 182 54
77.1%
Ramsbottom 227 196 31
86.3%
Prestwich - Holyrood 166 156 10
94.0%
Whitefield + Unsworth - Pilkington Park 158 139 19
88.0%
Prestwich - St Mary's 152 131 21
86.2%
Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth 151 136 15
90.1%
Not Available 150 142 8
94.7%
Bury East - Redvales 150 132 18
88.0%
Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth 134 116 18
86.6%
Bury East - Moorside 121 103 18
85.1%
Planning guides

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