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Former Mondi/Holcombe Mill, Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BS

70222FullApproved

Approved on 30 September 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 57 no. dwellings, the retention of a chimney and the demolition of 3 existing buildings, together with engineering operations to create a development platform, public car park, substation, public open space, landscaping, drainage, the layout of internal estate roads and footways and other associated works.

Received
1 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
32
Ward
Ramsbottom
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 325 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Mondi/Holcombe Mill, Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BS. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 334 days, 40 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Ramsbottom. We hold 148 applications in total for the BL0 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
BL0 0BS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
57

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2023
Consultation expiry
15 December 2023
Consultation start
10 November 2023
Consultation end
15 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 December 2023
Last date for comments
9 February 2024
Target decision date
9 February 2024
Committee meeting
9 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Leach
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 November 2023
Site notice start
22 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12559301
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO

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

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© 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.

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