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£480,000

Waterfold Lane, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9

Key Features

  • Prime Development Opportunity
  • Land with Full Planning Permission
  • A scheme of 4 Detached Dwellings
  • Viewing is Highly Reccomended

Description

Prime Development Opportunity! - Land with full planning permission for 4 detached dwellings.

All details and approved planning applications can be found on the Rochdale Borough Council portal under references 21/01345/OUT (Outline) and 24/00975/REM (Reserved Matters).

Set off Waterfold Lane, the site is within close proximity to various supermarkets, shops, schools and hospitals. With further benefits from surrounding green space and great transport links to Manchester and the surrounding areas.

Please note, the scheme consists of 5 detached houses but our client is building one of the plots (marked 'Type C' on the site plan).

Further details vailable on request.

A viewing is highly reccomended and is to be arranged via our Land and New Homes team.

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Checks - As part of making an offer, we’re required by law to complete Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks to confirm the identity of all purchasers. To cover the cost of this process, a fee of £60 inc VAT per buyer is payable when your offer is accepted. This is a standard requirement for all buyers and helps us ensure your offer can be progressed as quickly and smoothly as possible.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-08-08

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Heap Bridge Village Primary School436 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    170
    Type
    Academy converter
  • East Ward Community Primary School778 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    474
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Thomas Church of England Primary School886 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    459
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    202
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Fairfield Community Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Hazel Wood High School589 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    671
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Bury Church of England High School1.5 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    802
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,027
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • The Derby High School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College1.8 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    768
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic/Church of England

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Euro Garage Heap Bridge, Bury246 metres
Spar - Euro Garage Bury, Bury561 metres
Aldi Fernhill Bury, Bury0.7 miles

GP surgery

Huntley Mount Medical Centre0.8 miles

Pharmacy

Pimhole Pharmacy0.6 miles

Hospital

Fairfield General Hospital0.9 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces499 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Castleton (Manchester) Rail Station3.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Heap Bridge172 metres

Typical drive times

Bury6 min · 1.9 miles
Heywood6 min · 2.2 miles
Ramsbottom9 min · 5.3 miles
Whitefield8 min · 5.5 miles
Salford (city)19 min · 11 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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