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71 Bury Old Road, Bury, Bolton, BL2 5SD

70621FullApproved

Approved on 27 June 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey front porch and loft conversion with front and rear dormers

Received
22 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth
Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 71 Bury Old Road, Bury, Bolton, BL2 5SD. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 5SD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2024
Consultation expiry
13 May 2024
Consultation end
13 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2024
Last date for comments
3 June 2024
Target decision date
3 June 2024
Decision issued
28 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
Architect profile
THORP DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
2 Chatton Close, Bury, BL8 2UE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12910313
Constraints
10

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.

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.

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