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Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD

72500FullApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey resuscitation unit with single storey electric plant room erected on roof.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

89% of full applications at Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL9 7TD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2025
Consultation expiry
27 December 2025
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
27 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 January 2026
Target decision date
16 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Arup
Agent address
Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Pressley
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14417713
Constraints
16

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.

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