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31 Roch Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LP

72919Lawful 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 use of a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3(a)) as supported residential accommodation (Use Class C3(b))

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Besses
Agent
ELG Planning
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 31 Roch Crescent, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LP. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Whitefield + Unsworth - Besses. We hold 148 applications in total for the M45 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
M45 8LP
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Last date for comments
28 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ELG Planning
Agent address
Gateway House, 55 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14747532
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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