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102 Sixth Avenue, Bury, BL9 7RP

73083FullApproved

Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to a children's residential care home (Class C2) for up to 3 children

Received
14 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bury East
Agent
Carter Smith Planning Consultants
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 102 Sixth Avenue, Bury, BL9 7RP. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Bury East. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 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
BL9 7RP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026
Consultation expiry
28 May 2026
Consultation start
6 May 2026
Consultation end
28 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 May 2026
Last date for comments
30 June 2026
Target decision date
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Carter Smith Planning Consultants
Agent address
Morpeth Business Hub, 17a Coopies Haugh Coopies Lane, Morpeth, NE61 6JN

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Orrell
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14855125

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.

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