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Site of Former Fairways Lodge Hotel, George Street, Prestwich, M25 9WS

72724Non-Material Amendment ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission 70484 (Demolition of existing hotel building and erection of a block of 52 no. retirement living apartments including communal facilities, landscaping and car parking provision); reduction in size and massing of apartment block; reduction in the number of balconies proposed.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prestwich - Sedgley
Agent
The Planning Bureau Ltd
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Site of Former Fairways Lodge Hotel, George Street, Prestwich, M25 9WS. Bury has handled 81 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Prestwich - Sedgley. We hold 283 applications in total for the M25 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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
M25 9WS
Application type
Non-Material Amendment Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
The Planning Bureau Ltd
Agent address
Unit 1 Edward Court, Altrincham Business Park, Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5GL

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Pressley
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14581590
Comments
0
Constraints
37

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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