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181-183 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NE

71518Demolition DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 February 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for proposed demolition of former office/retail showroom and adjacent workshop building

Received
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 181-183 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NE. Bury has handled 11 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 940 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

88% of all 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 0NE
Application type
Demolition Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Consultation start
15 January 2025
Consultation end
6 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2025
Last date for comments
10 February 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Leach
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13653216
Comments
0
Constraints
7

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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