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171 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AB

72958Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for proposed change of use from Use Class E (Offices) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse)

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Pilkington Park
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 171 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6AB. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in the All Saints, Whitefield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Whitefield + Unsworth - Pilkington Park. 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 6AB
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation end
22 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 June 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14758320

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: All Saints, Whitefield
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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