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1-5 Porter Street, Bury, BL9 5DZ

71023FullRefused

Refused on 7 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part change of use of former showroom/laundrette and 1no. flat (Use Class E/Sui Generis/Class C3) to form 1no. 7 bedroom (single occupancy) HMO (Sui Generis) and 1no. 8 Bedroom (single occupancy) HMO (Sui Generis) with associated parking and refuse storage and external alterations

Received
2 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
24
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
Town Planning Experts
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-5 Porter Street, Bury, BL9 5DZ. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Bury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Bury East - Moorside. We hold 940 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 5DZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2024
Consultation expiry
23 January 2025
Consultation start
22 November 2024
Consultation end
20 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2024
Last date for comments
7 October 2024
Target decision date
7 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Town Planning Experts
Agent address
Room 204, Technopole, Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, PO2 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 January 2025
Site notice start
30 August 2024

Appeal

Appeal result
Allowed

Appeal history

3354556
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 7 March 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13294876
Constraints
21

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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