Albion Mill Industrial Estate, Albion Street, Bury, BL8 2AD

Planning appeal 3367078 at Albion Mill Industrial Estate, Albion Street, Bury, BL8 2AD (Bury Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 October 2025 by Inspector Storey P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be permitted development having regard to the limitations set out in paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.

follows: Albion Mill Convert the existing first, second and third floors which are currently retail space (Class E) into residential use (C3) 12 self-contained flats in total. Albion Mill Rear Convert existing ground floor and first floor into 3No. Self-contained flats in total. With a bin and bike store on the ground floor. Albion House Convert existing ground and first floor into 5No. Self Contained Flats. Conversion into 20 No. Self Contained Flats

Authority: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Storey P
Postcode: BL8 2AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be permitted development having regard to the limitations set out in paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO
if it would be permitted development, whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the transport impacts of the development, and the impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development

What decided it

The use of the building did not satisfy the requirement in paragraph MA.1(1)(b) that it must have been in Class E use for a continuous period of at least two years, as the evidence did not establish with confidence that the car servicing use fell within Class E rather than Class B2.

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