Land at Orkney Close/rear of 77 Bury Road, Radcliffe, M26 2WR Data via plota.co.uk

72920 - Planning Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for erection of 5 no. dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
3 Mar 2026
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Validated
23 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
29 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
15 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Radcliffe built-up area; Priority habitat about 31 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
M26 2WR
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Radcliffe - East
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Plan: 8 Town Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 33 days slower than Bury's median of 50 for new homes. Refused, as 44% of new homes here are.

74%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 →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
29 Apr 2026
Consultation
29 Apr 2026
Comments by
19 May 2026
Site or press notice
5 May 2026
Statutory expiry
28 May 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