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7 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ

72901Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to Residential Children's Home (Class C2) for up to 2 no. children, with up to 2 no. full time carers and 1 no. manager present on site, working on a rotational basis

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East - Redvales
Agent
AT Architectural Services LTD
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 7 Brocklehurst Avenue, Bury, BL9 9AQ. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days 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 Bury East - Redvales. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 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
BL9 9AQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
22 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AT Architectural Services LTD
Architect profile
AT ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
206 Moor End Road, Halifax, HX2 0RU

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14734389
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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