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

02/D40746Telecoms DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 20 November 2002

Council decision: RefuseTownship

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

Proposal

Determination Of Prior Approval For The Erection Of A 15M High Telecommunications Tree Mast With 3 Antennae, 1 Microwave Dish And Associated Equipment Cabin

Received
30 September 2002
Decision level
Township
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Bowlee Playing Fields, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4SD. Rochdale has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 439 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

91% of all applications at Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M24 4SD
Application type
Telecoms Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2002
Target decision date
24 November 2002
Decision issued
21 November 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

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: Rochdale

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