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Elms Bank Specialist Arts College, Ripon Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8PJ

71926FullApproved

Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of temporary Portakabin single-storey building to be used as a classroom for a temporary period of 156 weeks.

Received
12 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth
Agent
Portakabin LTD
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Elms Bank Specialist Arts College, Ripon Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8PJ. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 15 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth. We hold 148 applications in total for the M45 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
M45 8PJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Consultation expiry
15 August 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
15 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2025
Last date for comments
16 September 2025
Target decision date
16 September 2025
Committee meeting
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Portakabin LTD
Agent address
174 Leeds Hire Centre, Gelderd Road, Leeds, Hartlepool, LS12 6LZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Claire Booth
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13939990
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

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© 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.

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