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Church Inn, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UH

72654Consultation From Neighbouring AuthorityRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Raise ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Article 18 consultation from Rochdale BC (ref. 25/01118): Change of use from public house and restaurant to offices (Use class E(g)(i), comprising the demolition of an existing extension, the erection of a single storey extension, alterations to the existing roof and fenestration, erection of a detached storage building and detached amenity building with associated vehicle parking, boundary treatments, concrete hardstanding and soft landscaping

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Church Inn, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UH. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 6UH
Application type
Consultation From Neighbouring Authority
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMOPart of the site
  • Green belt: BuryPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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

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© 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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