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Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU

71152FullApproved

Approved on 14 February 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of upper floors from office use (Class B1(a)) to 14 no. flats (Class C3) including replacement of the existing windows to all elevations.

Received
9 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Four Architects
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 0EU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2024
Consultation expiry
6 December 2024
Consultation start
7 November 2024
Consultation end
6 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2024
Last date for comments
4 February 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Four Architects
Architect profile
FOUR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
113 Portland Street, Manchester, Manchester, m1 6dw

Planning decision

Case officer
Claire Booth
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13368307
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18 and 20, Market StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EURegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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 2026-11-03. 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.

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