About the Mount Pleasant Conservation Area
The Mount Pleasant Conservation Area covers about 4.8 hectares and was designated by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in 1974. Inside the boundary are 9 listed buildings, all Grade II.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- Bury borough HMOChange of use
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- 1-6, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 11 and 12, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 13-28, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 30-34, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 35-40, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 41-50, Mount PleasantGrade II
- Lord Raglan Public HouseGrade II
- Mill House and Mill Yard HouseGrade II
- Nos. 8-10, MOUNT PLEASANTGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBMount Pleasant Conservation Area AppraisalBury Metropolitan Borough Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.