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21 St Marys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AQ

72874Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed: Internal alterations and limited external modifications to the existing dwelling. No extensions, new access points, new streets, hard-standings. Internal Works: - Reconfiguration of the ground floor layout, including partial removal of an internal wall to create an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area. - Conversion of the existing garage: the front section to form a utility room, with the remainder adapted as a play space. - Installation of a WC beneath the staircase, connected to the existing foul drainage system (no external drainage works). All internal works are contained within the existing building footprint. External Alterations: - Replacement of the existing garage door with a new front window. - Removal of one side elevation window. - Installation of new patio doors and an additional window to the rear elevation to improve access to and views of the garden. All replacement / new windows are complimentary to the existing style. No other changes to the external appearance, access arrangements, boundary treatments, ground levels, or means of enclosure are proposed.

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prestwich - St Mary's
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 21 St Marys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AQ. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Prestwich - St Mary's. We hold 283 applications in total for the M25 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
M25 1AQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
36 Hilton Street, Manchester, M1 2EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14631827
Comments
0

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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