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Bowlee Playing Fields, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4SD

73602Approved

Approved on 24 September 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Article 18 consultation from Rochdale Council (PL/2026/0738) - Demolition and replacement of community centre to provide Community Sports and Wellbeing Hub (Hybrid Use Class F2/E(d)) comprising community sports and wellbeing facilities; football club training and community pitches; drainage and earthworks; provision of cricket nets; with associated hard and soft landscaping, parking, storage container, lighting, enclosures and boundary treatments.

Received
2 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Not Available
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 22 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at BOWLEE PLAYING FIELDS, HEYWOOD OLD ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 4SD. Bury has handled 2,629 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 439 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
M24 4SD
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Leach

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bury

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