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Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU

70329Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 28 August 2024

Council decision: Withdrawn by ApplicantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for proposed change of use of upper floors from office use (Class B1(a)) to 15 no. flats (Class C3)

Received
8 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 264 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 264 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 0EU
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
15

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2023
Consultation expiry
4 January 2024
Consultation end
4 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 January 2024
Last date for comments
2 February 2024
Target decision date
2 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Four Architects, 113 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12660999

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2-10, Market StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EURegister 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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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