Highfield House Nursing Home, Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2AN

11/D54980Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 9 January 2012

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Two And Single Storey Extensions To North Side And First Floor Extension To Rear, Replacement Single Storey Extension To South Side And Formation Of Hipped Roof To Existing Flat-Roofed, First Floor Projection To South Side Of Building

Received: 7 November 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Hopwood Hall
Agent: Wake Architecture

ReceivedReceived7 Nov
ValidatedValidated7 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Jan
DecidedDecided9 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Highfield House Nursing Home, Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2AN. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 639 applications in total for the OL10 postcode area.

87% of full 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: OL10 2AN
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 November 2011
Target decision date: 1 January 2012
Decision issued: 10 January 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wake Architecture
Agent address: Westleigh House, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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.

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