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38 Freckleton Drive, Bury, BL8 2JA

72883FullApproved

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two/singley storey extensions at front and rear

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bury West
Agent
I. Planning Services
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 38 Freckleton Drive, Bury, BL8 2JA. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Bury West. We hold 887 applications in total for the BL8 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
BL8 2JA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
I. Planning Services
Agent address
2A Cook Street, Bury, BL9 0RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14720181
Constraints
2

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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