Former Bury Fire Station, The Rock, Bury, BL9 5AH
Refused on 27 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of land at the former fire station to vehicle storage yard (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bury East
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Bury Fire Station, The Rock, Bury, BL9 5AH. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 940 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 5AH
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- MADP
- Agent address
- 11 Woodvale Crescent, Bingley, West Yorkshire, Keighley, BD16 4AJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Helen Pressley
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14446408
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
- Brownfield land register: Site of Former Paradise Mill, John Street, Bury, BL9 0NHRegister 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 (21)
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 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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