12 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Approved on 8 May 2024
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor shop (Class E) to sports bar with first floor offices (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 23 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Bury East
- Agent
- Mason and Marlowe Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated1 Mar
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Apr
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 12 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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 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 0LQ
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 5 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 April 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mason and Marlowe Ltd
- Architect profile
- MASON AND MARLOWE LTD
- Agent address
- Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 March 2024
- Site notice start
- 19 March 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12828197
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
- Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
- Brownfield land register: The Castle surface car park, Bolton Street, BuryRegister 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 Jul
Installation of 1 no. illuminated surround sign to ATM
RefusedApplication73385 - 20266 Jul
Installation of an ATM
RefusedFull73369 - 202626 Jun
1no. fascia sign (externally illuminated)
ApprovedAdvertisement consent73297 - 20268 Jun
No development just signage
WithdrawnFull73296 - 202530 Jul
Change of use from a sports bar (Sui Generis) to a convenience store (Class E) and restore front elevation.
ApprovedFull72243 - 202411 Sep
Change of use of first floor offices to sports bar (Sui Generis)
PendingFull71159 - 202410 Jun
Installation of extraction flue and 2 no air conditioning units
ApprovedFull70841 - 20245 Jan
Change of use of ground floor from shop (Class E) to sports bar and restaurant with first floor offices…
WithdrawnFull70390 - 202321 Jun
Prior approval for proposed change of use from from commercial, business and service (Class E) to mixed use…
ApprovedPrior Approval Offices to Dwellings69796
Source: Bury
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