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4-6 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX

72759FullRefused

Refused on 17 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from Class E to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis); extractor flue at rear

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4-6 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EX. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury Town Centre conservation area, with 10 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
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 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
Helen Pressley
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Site notice start
17 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14625446
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury Town Centre
  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bury Town Centre
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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