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20-22, Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX

71780Lawful Development Certificate existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 10 June 2025

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Existing Lawful Development Certificate for 1 no. self-contained residential apartment in loft space above 7no. established residential flats

Received
27 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20-22, Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX. Bury has handled 81 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 amendment 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 0EX
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2025
Last date for comments
22 May 2025
Target decision date
22 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Agent address
55a Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0FG

Planning decision

Case officer
Sam Summers
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13891873
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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