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5 Gosforth Close, Bury, BL8 1EA

67129FullApproved

Approved on 13 August 2021

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey side extension and introduction of a first floor window to the side

Received
14 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Bury West - Elton
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 5 Gosforth Close, Bury, BL8 1EA. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 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 1EA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2021
Consultation expiry
16 July 2021
Consultation end
16 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2021
Last date for comments
9 August 2021
Target decision date
9 August 2021
Decision issued
16 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Broadstone Avenue, Oldham, OL4 2LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09931182
Documents
8
Constraints
2

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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