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Former High Birch School, High Birch Terrace, Rochdale, OL11 4RA

12/D55284Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 24 May 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential Development - 23 Dwellings

Received
5 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bamford
Agent
Building Design Planning Consultancy
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former High Birch School, High Birch Terrace, Rochdale, OL11 4RA. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 80 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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
Medium
Number of dwellings
23
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2012
Target decision date
29 April 2012
Permission expires
24 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Building Design Planning Consultancy
Agent address
17, Cliftonville Road, Thornham, Rochdale, OL16 4SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© 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.

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Source: Rochdale

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