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12 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ

69796Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 February 2024

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 from commercial, business and service (Class E) to mixed use including 2 No. Flats (Class C3)

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 12 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 938 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 0LQ
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2023
Consultation expiry
1 August 2023
Consultation end
1 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2023
Last date for comments
1 September 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Agent address
55A Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12237096
Comments
0
Documents
6

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: The Castle surface car park, Bolton Street, BuryRegister 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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Jul

    Installation of 1 no. illuminated surround sign to ATM

    RefusedApplication73385
  2. 2026
    6 Jul

    Installation of an ATM

    RefusedFull73369
  3. 2026
    26 Jun

    1no. fascia sign (externally illuminated)

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent73297
  4. 2026
    8 Jun

    No development just signage

    WithdrawnFull73296
  5. 2025
    30 Jul

    Change of use from a sports bar (Sui Generis) to a convenience store (Class E) and restore front elevation.

    ApprovedFull72243
  6. 2024
    11 Sep

    Change of use of first floor offices to sports bar (Sui Generis)

    PendingFull71159

Source: Bury

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