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278 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LT

73069Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed part replacement of existing lean-to utility space and a single storey bay window to adjoining ground floor bedroom.

Received
8 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury West
Agent
John Holt Architects Ltd
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for window replacement at 278 Ainsworth Road, Bury, BL8 2LT. Bury has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks 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 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
BL8 2LT
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
3 June 2026
Target decision date
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
John Holt Architects Ltd
Agent address
3 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0DR

Planning decision

Case officer
Jane Langan
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14840104
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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