Burrs Country Park, Woodhill Road, Burrs, Bury

69771FullApproved

Approved on 4 September 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition application of planning permission 67535 (For works to formalise the existing overspill car park and improve pedestrian access along Woodhill Road), to vary condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 6 (surfacing and parking details).

Received: 14 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Bury West - Elton

ReceivedReceived14 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation11 Aug
TargetTarget Date11 Sep
DecidedDecided4 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Burrs Country Park, Woodhill Road, Burrs, Bury. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Bury West - Elton.

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

Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 11 August 2023
Consultation start: 19 July 2023
Consultation end: 11 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 18 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 11 August 2023
Last date for comments: 11 September 2023
Target decision date: 11 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 July 2023
Site notice start: 27 July 2023

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 14

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
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 (20)

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, 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.

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Source: Bury

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