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40 Orange Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LS

72424FullApproved

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Class C3) to 2 no. self-contained apartments (Class C3)

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Prestwich - Holyrood
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 Orange Hill Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LS. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Prestwich - Holyrood. We hold 283 applications in total for the M25 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
M25 1LS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Consultation end
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2025
Last date for comments
22 December 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025
Decision issued
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14371652
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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