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240 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH

69699FullApproved

Approved on 26 July 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 9 no. bedroom HMO (single occupancy, Class Sui Generis)

Received
30 May 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
28
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
Mason and Marlowe Ltd
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 240 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There have been 3 other applications 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 6NH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2023
Consultation expiry
7 July 2023
Consultation start
15 June 2023
Consultation end
7 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2023
Last date for comments
3 August 2023
Target decision date
3 August 2023
Committee meeting
25 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mason and Marlowe Ltd
Architect profile
MASON AND MARLOWE LTD
Agent address
Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12197043
Documents
38
Constraints
12

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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