The Gatehouse, Woodhill Road, Bury, BL8 1BN
Proposal
Reconfiguration/extensions of the dwelling to include two storey front and side extensions and first floor rear extension; replacement garage.
- Received
- 7 February 2025
- Decided
- 23 October 2025 · Approve with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bury West - Elton
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Feb
- ValidatedValidated8 Jul
- Consult.Consultation17 Oct
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at The Gatehouse, Woodhill Road, Bury, BL8 1BN. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 258 days, 29 weeks longer than Bury's median. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Bury West - Elton. We hold 875 applications in total for the BL8 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Sep
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) on planning permission 71598 (Reconfiguration/extension...
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)73493 - 202614 Jan
Demolition of existing garage and erection of new garage
ApprovedFull72737 - 202331 May
Partial demolition and replacement of 1 no. dwelling
RefusedFull69706 - 202218 Aug
Partial demolition and replacement of 1 no. dwelling
RefusedFull68799 - 202125 Oct
Two storey extension at front, side and rear with balcony at front/side: Increase in height of roof
RefusedFull67701
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
- Green belt: BuryPart of the site
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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