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Land at rear of Prestwich Heys FC, Sandgate Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M25 5WG

71595Telecom Determination (56 Days )Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 28 March 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 telecommunications installation comprising 30M lattice tower, supporting 12 no. antennas, 2 no. 300mm dish antennas within a fenced compound and ancillary apparatus

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Prestwich - Holyrood
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land at rear of Prestwich Heys FC, Sandgate Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M25 5WG. Bury has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Prestwich - Holyrood. We hold 283 applications in total for the M25 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
M25 5WG
Application type
Telecom Determination (56 Days )
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Consultation expiry
17 March 2025
Consultation start
13 February 2025
Consultation end
17 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2025
Last date for comments
1 April 2025
Target decision date
1 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
WHP Telecoms
Agent address
Building 8, Unit 6, Carryduff Business Park, Comber Road, Carryduff, BT8 8AN

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Pressley
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13752679
Constraints
17

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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