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26 Whitelegge Street, Bury, BL8 1SW

70560Telecom Determination (56 Days )Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 April 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for proposal removal and replacement of the existing 15m monopole tower (Antenna top height of 17.8m) with a new 20m tower to host 6no. new antennas, 1no. existing transmission dish alongside ancillary works both to the tower and base.

Received
28 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury West - Elton
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at 26 Whitelegge Street, Bury, BL8 1SW. Bury has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Bury West - Elton. We hold 887 applications in total for the BL8 postcode area.

88% of all 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
BL8 1SW
Application type
Telecom Determination (56 Days )
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2024
Consultation expiry
2 April 2024
Consultation end
2 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2024
Last date for comments
24 April 2024
Target decision date
24 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Galliford Try
Agent address
401 Faraday Street, Birchwood Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12842834
Comments
0
Constraints
8

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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