14-16 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Approved on 3 October 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of existing first and second floors from (Class E) into residential use (Class C3) (7 no. apartments in total)
- Received
- 23 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bury East
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation15 Aug
- TargetTarget Date17 Sep
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 14-16 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 7 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 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 0LQ
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 15 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 25 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 15 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios Ltd.
- Agent address
- 55a Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 0FG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Tom Beirne
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14187050
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
- Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
- Brownfield land register: The Castle surface car park, Bolton Street, BuryRegister 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bury
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