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296 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1TA

65704FullApproved

Approved on 28 September 2020

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from shop (Class A1) to cafe (Class A3) with extraction flue at rear

Received
8 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury West - Elton
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 296 Tottington Road, Bury, BL8 1TA. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Bury West - Elton. We hold 887 applications in total for the BL8 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BL8 1TA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2020
Consultation expiry
24 August 2020
Consultation end
24 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2020
Last date for comments
28 September 2020
Target decision date
28 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Church Street, Bury, BL9 6BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08874180
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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