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Land off Church Street/ Scobell Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DE

70953Screening Opinion (EIA)Permitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion' under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed residential development of up to 300 dwellings

Received
9 July 2024
Decided
1 August 2024 · EIA Required
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tottington
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  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Bury89% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Land off Church Street/ Scobell Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DE. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 23 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bury's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Tottington. We hold 877 applications in total for the BL8 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
70953
Address
Land off Church Street/ Scobell Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3DE
Postcode
BL8 3DE
Local Authority
Bury
Application Type
Screening Opinion (EIA)
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
300
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Tottington

Applicant & Agent

ApplicantPrivate applicant
Agent
Emery Planning
Agent Address
1-4 South Park Court, Hobson Street, Macclesfield, SK11 8BS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 July 2024
Target Decision Date
30 July 2024
Date Decided
1 August 2024
Date Validated
9 July 2024
Date Submitted
9 July 2024
Last Date for Comments
30 July 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
EIA Required
Decided By
Delegated
Case Officer
Helen Leach
Statutory Period
21 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Coordinates
53.605476, -2.334419
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bury

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Planning constraints

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.

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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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