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71 Hunstanton Drive, Bury, BL8 1XH

69177FullApproved

Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension and porch at front

Received
6 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury West - Elton
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 71 Hunstanton Drive, Bury, BL8 1XH. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 1XH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2022
Consultation expiry
3 April 2023
Consultation end
3 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2023
Last date for comments
7 February 2023
Target decision date
7 February 2023
Decision issued
5 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Dale Lee, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3YE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
31
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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