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Land adjacent to 1 Gorses, Bury, BL9 6UD

PL/2026/0157Change of useRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to form a private equestrian sand paddock with associated fencing and muck trailer together with the erection of a stable block and creation of ancillary hard standing for parking

Submitted
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Norden
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land adjacent to 1 Gorses, Bury, BL9 6UD. Rochdale has handled 102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Norden. We hold 938 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

92% of amendment applications at Rochdale 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 6UD
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026
Application expires
4 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701623
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • 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, Article 4 directions, 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: Rochdale

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