Heap Fold Farm, Bury Old Road, Heap, Bury, BL9
Description
A valuable development prospect for a former range of brick built barns under stone slate rooves to be developed into four adjoining dwellings each with three or four bedroom accommodation over two floors extending to 98m2 (2,110 ft2) 104m2 (2,238 ft2) 66m2 (1,420 ft2) 84.5m2 (1,819 ft2). Rochdale Borough Council approved a scheme for the conversion and partial rebuild of the farmbuildings to form five dwellings including associated garaging, access, parking and landscaping under ref 12/55999/FU2 dated 16th January 2013. A material start was implemented and one barn retained by a family member leaving the remaining barns for sale. The property is registered under HM Land Registry Title No. GM832670. The site for sale is edged orange with right of access coloured yellow and additional car parking area edged green on the plan overleaf.
Viewing by appointment through the selling agents for Thursday afternoons any week from 5th January 2023.
Description
A valuable development prospect for a former range of brick built barns under stone slate rooves to be developed into four adjoining dwellings each with three or four bedroom accommodation over two floors extending to 98m2 (2,110 ft2) 104m2 (2,238 ft2) 66m2 (1,420 ft2) 84.5m2 (1,819 ft2). Rochdale Borough Council approved a scheme for the conversion and partial rebuild of the farmbuildings to form five dwellings including associated garaging, access, parking and landscaping under ref 12/55999/FU2 dated 16th January 2013. A material start was implemented and one barn retained by a family member leaving the remaining barns for sale. The property is registered under HM Land Registry Title No. GM832670. The site for sale is edged orange with right of access coloured yellow and additional car parking area edged green on the plan overleaf.
Viewing by appointment through the selling agents for Thursday afternoons any week from 5th January 2023.
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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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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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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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
- Parking Available
- 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
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy189 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 202
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Heap Bridge Village Primary School528 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 170
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School950 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Fairfield Community Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Type
- Academy converter
- Woodland Community Primary School0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 564
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Hazel Wood High School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 671
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College1.2 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 768
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
- Newhouse Academy1.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 974
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Bury Church of England High School2.1 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 802
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Unsworth Academy2.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 953
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Listing agent
Richard Turner & Son, Bentham (Nr Lancaster),
Royal Oak Chambers, Main Street, Bentham (Nr Lancaster), LA2 7HF
Contact Richard Turner & Son, Bentham (Nr Lancaster),
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