Land bounded by Simister Lane, Boardman Lane & Baguley Crescent, Simister & Bowlee Data via plota.co.uk

73525 - Scoping Opinion (EIA) Registered
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityNew homes

Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion Request for JPA1.2 to incorporate 1550 dwellings, new school and community facilities, transport links and other associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Consultation
13 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 14 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 79.

The consultation period closed on 3 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1364 m away: M60/M62/M66 Simister Island; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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
Scoping Opinion (EIA)
Postcode
M24 4QG
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Asteer Planning

Decision outlook

Day 79, past the statutory target. 84% of new homes in Bury are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 9 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 7923 days past the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
9%go to committee

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

Public comments

24comments received
24 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 Aug 2026
Comments by
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Prior approval for proposed single storey rear extension
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2023 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Bury
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#41 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
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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