18 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of first and second floors from Commercial to Sui Generis (Emergency Short Term Housing - Two Units)
- Received
- 4 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Bury East
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios LTD
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 938 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BL9 0EX
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios LTD
- Agent address
- 55a Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 0FG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Charlotte Orrell
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14537300
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
- Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
- Brownfield land register: Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EURegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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