Unsworth Cricket And Tennis Club Ltd, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL Data via plota.co.uk

73059 - Full Approved
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Erection of 5 no. covered padel courts (Class F2(c)) with ancillary food and beverage facility with seating area and associated lighting, landscaping and infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Apr 2026
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Validated
21 Apr 2026
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Consultation
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Jul 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project 45 m away: M60/M62/M66 Simister Island
The site is 45 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Air quality management area 28 m away: Bury AQMA.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Building

Floor area517 m² (5,565 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 44)
UseD2 General Assembly and Leisure plus Night Clubs and Theatres
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2015, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Bury
Application type
Full
Postcode
BL9 8QL
Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
21 Apr 2026
Ward
Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
AshtonHale

How this decision compares

Decided in 85 days from validation, 35 days slower than Bury's median of 50 for commercial premises. Approved, as 77% of commercial premises here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
8%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14817788
Planning Portal ref
PP-14817788
Neighbours
22 Apr 2026
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
14 May 2026
Site or press notice
19 May 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Withdrawn
Removal of condition no. 3 from prior approval 70140: Within 3 months of the telecommunic…
70402
2023 Approved
Prior approval for proposed installation of a 25.0m lattice mast with an existing compoun…
70140
2019 Approved
Replacement of 15m monopole supporting 3 no. antennas with 20m high capacity monopole sup…
64247
2016 Approved
Prior notification of telecommunications development for the replacement of 15m phase 4 m…
60261
2016 Withdrawn
Prior notification of telecommunications development for the replacement of 15 metre high…
59922
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Spurr House, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Demolition of existing buildings, site clearance works including removal of areas of hard…
72240
2025 Approved
82 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Alteration to front extension from flat to pitched roof; Render to front elevation
72537
2025 Approved
72 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Single storey front extension with render to ground floor front elevation
72041
2024 Withdrawn
Spurr House, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Demolition of existing buildings, site clearance works including removal of areas of hard…
71384
2024 Approved
Pole Lane Court, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QD
Strengthening of Existing Concrete Base; Erection of 15 no. Sectional Concrete Garages
71005
2023 Approved
Spurr House, Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8QL
Conversion of short stay residential home (Class C2) to a pupil referral unit (Class F1)…
69361
2018 Approved
80 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Erection of 1 no. replacement bungalow (following demolition of existing dwelling)
63544
2018 Approved
80 Pole Lane, Bury, BL9 8PX
Single storey extension at rear and alterations to roof
63232
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.