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46 Oak Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ET

69882FullRefused

Refused on 9 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Hip to gable roof extension at side and loft conversion with rear dormer

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Besses
Agent
S.Ingram & Associates
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 46 Oak Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8ET. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Whitefield + Unsworth - Besses. We hold 148 applications in total for the M45 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
M45 8ET
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2023
Consultation expiry
30 August 2023
Consultation end
30 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
30 August 2023
Last date for comments
3 October 2023
Target decision date
3 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
S.Ingram & Associates
Agent address
Design Studio, Heights Lane, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5TU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
Dismissed

Appeal history

3334811
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 March 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
2

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.

Source: Bury

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