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12 Whitebirk Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HE

72772Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed erection of a single storey extension to the property

Received
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Manor
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 12 Whitebirk Close, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HE. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across North Manor. We hold 887 applications in total for the BL8 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
BL8 4HE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
11 Ploughmans Close, Southport, PR9 8QZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Amanda Uhunmwagho
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14641102
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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Source: Bury

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