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Bowlee Community Park, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Manchester

11/D55077Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 February 2012

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use Of Land For Car Boot Sale For Up To 20 Days Per Calendar Year

Received
13 December 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Middleton
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bowlee Community Park, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Manchester. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across West Middleton.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2011
Target decision date
6 February 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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