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5-9 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0YB

67503FullApproved

Approved on 29 March 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from offices to 9 no. apartments at 1st floor to 4th floor levels; Ground floor to be retained as existing office use; external alterations

Received
3 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Tang and Associates Ltd - Chartered Architects
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5-9 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0YB. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 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
BL9 0YB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2021
Consultation expiry
29 December 2021
Consultation start
3 December 2021
Consultation end
29 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2021
Last date for comments
23 February 2022
Target decision date
23 February 2022
Decision issued
30 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tang and Associates Ltd - Chartered Architects
Agent address
Entrance W1, First Floor, Westwood House, Greenwood Business Centre, Manchester, M5 4QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 December 2021
Site notice start
17 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10085951
Documents
32
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Union BuildingsOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JPRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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