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Lester House, 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0AW

72135Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 August 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for proposed change of use from offices (Class E) to 28 no. flats (Class C3) at part of first floor and second, third, fourth floors

Received
4 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lester House, 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0AW. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

89% of outline 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 0AW
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
28

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2025
Consultation expiry
30 July 2025
Consultation end
30 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2025
Last date for comments
29 August 2025
Target decision date
29 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
64 Pinfold Hill, Lichfield, WS14 0JP

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Beirne
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14141040

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: 18 and 20, Market StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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Source: Bury

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