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148 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL

69452FullApproved

Approved on 31 May 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to an 8 no. bedroom/ person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis)

Received
14 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
Clarkes Bespoke Design Ltd
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 148 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer 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 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 6LL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2023
Consultation expiry
20 April 2023
Consultation start
29 March 2023
Consultation end
20 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
22 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2023
Last date for comments
22 May 2023
Target decision date
22 May 2023
Committee meeting
30 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clarkes Bespoke Design Ltd
Architect profile
CLARKES BESPOKE DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
83 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12009635
Documents
10
Constraints
4

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    26 Aug

    SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    ApprovedFull45172

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