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Grass verge o/s 154-156 Church Street, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SJ

72619FullApproved

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Regulation 5 notice (ref. BOLT-X-AH) of intention to install above-ground cabinets (in order to house electronic equipment)

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Grass verge o/s 154-156 Church Street, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SJ. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5SJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Decision issued
19 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

Source: Bury

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