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7 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0DA

69714Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for proposed change of use from commercial (Class E) to 4 no. apartments (Class C3)

Received
31 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Debtal Architecture
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 7 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0DA. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 outline 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 0DA
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2023
Consultation expiry
27 June 2023
Consultation end
27 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2023
Last date for comments
26 July 2023
Target decision date
26 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Debtal Architecture
Architect profile
DEBTAL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
72 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12199708
Documents
8

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
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EURegister 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Bury

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