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53 Bury Old Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SD

72538FullApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Creation of vehicular access and driveway

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 53 Bury Old Road, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SD. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 5SD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
7 January 2026
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jane Langan
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3296731
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 October 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14061690
Constraints
4

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
  • Green belt: Bury
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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