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2 Monmouth Avenue, Bury, BL9 5DU

67206Lawful Development Certificate existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 17 August 2021

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for existing use of a dwelling as a 6 person HMO (C4)

Received
28 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
Tim Spencer Associates Ltd
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Monmouth Avenue, Bury, BL9 5DU. Bury has handled 81 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bury East - Moorside. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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
BL9 5DU
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2021
Consultation expiry
6 August 2021
Consultation end
6 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2021
Last date for comments
23 August 2021
Target decision date
23 August 2021
Decision issued
18 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Spencer Associates Ltd
Agent address
12 Manley Close, Manley Close, Holmes Chapel, CW4 7HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09965459
Comments
0
Documents
14

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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