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1-3 Haslam Street, Bury, BL9 6EQ

72863FullApproved

Approved on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from 2 no. units (Class E) to 8 bedroom (single occupancy) House in Multiple Occupation (Class Sui Generis) with alteration to front elevations and change of roof style from hip to gable

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
26
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
SMS architecture
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3 Haslam Street, Bury, BL9 6EQ. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bury East - Moorside. We hold 937 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 6EQ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
13 May 2026
Consultation end
24 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Committee meeting
1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
SMS architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston street, Bolton, BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690600
Constraints
18

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.

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.

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