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221 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5DF

71644FullApproved

Approved on 21 May 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing 6 bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) to 8 bed (single occupancy) HMO (Sui Generis)

Received
25 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 221 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5DF. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks 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 5DF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2025
Consultation expiry
25 April 2025
Consultation start
3 April 2025
Consultation end
25 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 April 2025
Last date for comments
22 May 2025
Target decision date
22 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13787550
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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