939 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5LL

69922FullRefused

Refused on 20 September 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey front extension

Received: 19 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: North Manor
Agent: ANW Architects LTD

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation5 Sep
TargetTarget Date4 Oct
DecidedDecided20 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 939 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5LL. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across North Manor. 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 5LL
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 5 September 2023
Consultation end: 5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 11 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 5 September 2023
Last date for comments: 4 October 2023
Target decision date: 4 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: ANW Architects LTD
Architect profile: ANW ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: ANW Architects, 222 Colne Road, Burnley, BB10 1DY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12325846
Comments: 0
Documents: 12
Constraints: 6

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
Green belt: Bury
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: Bury

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