13 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY
Approved on 18 December 2014
Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for works to two beech trees within group G2 of Tree Preservation Order No. 036 (High Birch School, Rochdale) involving involving the lifting of the crown to 6 metres in height and the thinning of the crown by 20%
- Received
- 14 November 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bamford
- Agent
- Special Branch Tree Surgeons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided18 Dec
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 13 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY. Rochdale has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker 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.
97% of trees 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 4NY
- Application type
- Works to Trees-TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rochdale Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 5 December 2014
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2014
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2014
- Last date for comments
- 10 December 2014
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2014
- Permission expires
- 18 December 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Special Branch Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Agent address
- Top O Th Meadow Farm Meadow Head Lane Rochdale OL11 5UL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
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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