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1-7 Taylor Street, Bury, BL9 6DT

69815FullRefused

Refused on 19 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from existing offices (Class B1(a) to: 3 No. flats and 2 no. retail units (Class E) to ground floor, 4 no. flats to first floor and 3 no. flats to second floor; 7 Bedroom (single occupancy) house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis) to first/second floors; Conversion of roof space with dormers at front and rear to form second floor; External alterations including new windows/doors and shop front/entrances

Received
27 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-7 Taylor Street, Bury, BL9 6DT. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 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 6DT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2023
Consultation expiry
27 October 2023
Consultation start
4 October 2023
Consultation end
27 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2023
Last date for comments
2 January 2024
Target decision date
2 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shuas
Agent address
58 Southwood Drive, Baxenden, Accrington, BB5 2PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2023
Site notice start
10 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12266614
Constraints
21

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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