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Former Barclays Bank, 26 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0DH

70803FullRefused

Refused on 22 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to create 9no. apartments (Class C3) including internal alterations; Existing timber framed windows to be replaced

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Addison Planning Consultants Ltd
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 407 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Barclays Bank, 26 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0DH. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 511 days, 65 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 0DH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2024
Consultation expiry
10 October 2024
Consultation start
11 September 2024
Consultation end
10 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2024
Last date for comments
5 November 2024
Target decision date
5 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Addison Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Armoury House, 45A Otley Street, Skipton, BD23 1EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 September 2024
Site notice start
17 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13081283
Comments
0
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Barclays BankOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • 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, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    29 May

    Change of use to create 9no. apartments (Class C3) including internal alterations; Existing timber framed…

    This applicationRefusedFull70803
  2. 2024
    29 May

    Listed building consent for change of use from former bank to 9 no. apartments (Class C3) including…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside70804

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