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Garage colony at Hawk Close/Porritt Street, Bury, BL9 6LH

73127Demolition DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 May 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for proposed demolition of Hawk Close garages 1-10 and Porritt Street garages 1 - 15

Received
24 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Garage colony at Hawk Close/Porritt Street, Bury, BL9 6LH. Bury has handled 11 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bury East - Moorside. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

88% of all 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 6LH
Application type
Demolition Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennie Townsend
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14883004
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Green belt: BuryPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Chesham WoodsNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Bury

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