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546 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9PA

73697Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 8 October 2026

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

Proposal

Lawful development for proposed change of use from residential (Class C3) to children's residential care home (Class C2) for up to three children, staffing levels varying according to the assessed needs and safeguarding requirements of the children

Received
29 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 9 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 546 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9PA. Bury has handled 2,629 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL9 9PA
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Orrell

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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