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73519 - Full Registered

Proposal

Hybrid application consisting of: (a) full planning application for 283 no. dwellings with associated works, and (b) outline planning application (site area 5.4 ha) for up to 120 no. dwellings including access with all other matters reserved Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:10

Application progress

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Received

7 Aug 2026

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Validated

15 Oct 2026

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Consultation

16 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 27 Nov 2026 and 9 Dec 2026, from Bury's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 8

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 about 72 m away: M60/M62/M66 Simister Island

The site is about 72 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.

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 ↗

Local nature reserve about 271 m away: Hollins Vale

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area; Air quality management area about 79 m away: Bury AQMA.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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 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: Full
Received: 7 Aug 2026
Validated: 15 Oct 2026
Ward: Whitefield + Unsworth - Unsworth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Jan 2027
Agent: Emery Planning

Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 91-day target. Bury usually decides new homes by day 50.

prediction

Day 1378 days to the 91-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

8comments received

7 objecting1 neutral

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

96 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15033331
Planning Portal ref: PP-15033331
Neighbours: 16 Oct 2026
Consultation: 16 Oct 2026
Comments by: 13 Nov 2026
Site or press notice: 22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 14 Jan 2027
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