New housing in Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
We read Bury Metropolitan Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 18 of its planning applications, and 1 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 114% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 114% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | The Fishermans Retreat Riding Head Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0HH Change of use from restaurant/hospitality venue to 18 residential apartments with associated works (including completion of part-built external part of southern extension with fenestration changes) to facilitate change… 2025/0148 | Awaiting decision | 9 Apr 2025 |
| 1 | Top O Th Lea Bury Old Road Shuttleworth Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0RX Permission in Principle for the erection of 1 dwelling. 2026/0219 | Refused | 9 Jul 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.