Land on the west side of Bury New Road/Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, BL0 0AZ Data via plota.co.uk

73467 - Planning Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for the construction of up to 9 no. zero carbon dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
22 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
24 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
29 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
27 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Aug 2026

Site constraints 8

Ramsbottom conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Bury borough HMO. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Ramsbottom built-up area; Air quality management area about 85 m away: Bury AQMA; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bury
Application type
Planning Permission in Principle
Postcode
BL0 0AZ
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Ramsbottom
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Maybern Planning & Development

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 15 days faster than Bury's median of 49 for new homes. Refused, as 44% of new homes here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
56%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Bury in the last twelve months, from validation. Bury decision record →

Public comments

9comments received
9 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
29 Jul 2026
Consultation
29 Jul 2026
Comments by
19 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
3 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bury
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#41 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bury is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #61 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #191 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #99 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #61 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #64 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
61 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
63 decided
757
Total decisions
109 refused in the year to March 2026