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Land between 7 & 37 Arthur Lane, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PW

72973FullApproved

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition no. 2 (approved plans) following grant of planning permission 70641 (erection of agricultural building): amendment to proposed building to reduce length by 3m and increase height by 0.6m

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth
Agent
HP & DA Ltd
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land between 7 & 37 Arthur Lane, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5PW. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Bury's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Radcliffe - North and Ainsworth. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 5PW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2026
Last date for comments
19 May 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HP & DA Ltd
Agent address
Swallow Barn, Lower Chapel Hill, Hurst Lane, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8TB

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Leach
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Constraints
16

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
  • Green belt: Bury
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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