Former High Birch School High Birch Terrace Rochdale Lancashire OL11 4RA
Refused on 19 June 2013
Council decision: RefuseRegulatory
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Proposal
Residential development - 22 dwellings
- Received
- 18 July 2012
- Decision level
- Regulatory
- Public comments
- 15
- Ward
- Bamford
- Agent
- Building Design Planning Csltncy
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date17 Oct
- DecidedDecided19 Jun
Decided in 315 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former High Birch School High Birch Terrace Rochdale Lancashire OL11 4RA. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 336 days, 40 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bamford. We hold 670 applications in total for the OL11 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
- OL11 4RA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 22
- Parish
- Rochdale Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2013
- Consultation start
- 26 February 2013
- Consultation end
- 19 March 2013
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 August 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 September 2012
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2013
- Target decision date
- 17 October 2012
- Committee meeting
- 17 June 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Building Design Planning Csltncy
- Agent address
- 17 Cliftonville Road Thornham Rochdale Lancashire OL16 4SG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 March 2013
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 March 2013
- Site notice start
- 30 August 2012
- Site notice end
- 20 September 2012
Appeal
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Documents
- 42
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: High Birch School, Bolton Rd, RochdaleRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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