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1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP

71928Listed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 9 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building consent for change of use of basement, rear of ground floor and 1st/2nd/3rd/4th floors from commercial (Class E) to 10 no. self-contained flats with external alterations

Received
12 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP. Bury has handled 45 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

87% of heritage 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 0JP
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
22 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 August 2025
Last date for comments
18 September 2025
Target decision date
18 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Atelier MB
Architect profile
ATELIER MB LTD
Agent address
Suite 2A, Amazon House, Brazil Street, Manchester, M1 3PW

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13990908
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Union BuildingsOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JPRegister 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    12 May

    Change of use of basement, rear of ground floor and 1st/2nd/3rd/4th floors from commercial (Class E) to 10…

    RefusedFullFiled alongside71927
  2. 2025
    12 May

    Listed building consent for change of use of basement, rear of ground floor and 1st/2nd/3rd/4th floors from…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent71928

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