Mill House, 233 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0ED Data via plota.co.uk

73030 - Lawful Development Certificate proposed Approved

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed use - two dwellings into one and proposed addition of a single storey rear extension to single property with 2.95 metre projection. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Mar 2026
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Validated
15 Apr 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Public footpath about 22 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · 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
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Postcode
BL0 0ED
Received
27 Mar 2026
Validated
15 Apr 2026
Ward
Ramsbottom
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Lawful Development
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
JPE Consultancy Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 12 days faster than Bury's median of 49 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bury in the last twelve months, from validation. Bury decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14807007
Planning Portal ref
PP-14807007
Statutory expiry
10 Jun 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