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Land at Ivy Bank, Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6RU

72530Planning Permission in PrincipleRefused
Full

Refused on 15 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of 1 no. dwelling

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
North Manor
Agent
HP & DA Ltd
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land at Ivy Bank, Walmersley Old Road, Bury, BL9 6RU. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across North Manor. 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 6RU
Application type
Planning Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
12 November 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2025
Last date for comments
15 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HP & DA Ltd
Agent address
Swallow Barn, Lower Chapel Hill, Hurst Lane, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8TB

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Leach
Statutory period
34 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 November 2025

Appeal history

6002664
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 June 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Constraints
29

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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