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Biwater Treatment Ltd Gregge Street Heywood OL10 2DX

15/00196/RESI56Prior Notification: Office - ResidentialRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 April 2015

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for change of use of building from offices (B1) to residential (C3) comprising of 107 apartments

Received
18 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
North Heywood
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Biwater Treatment Ltd Gregge Street Heywood OL10 2DX. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North Heywood. We hold 641 applications in total for the OL10 postcode area.

92% of outline 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 2DX
Application type
Prior Notification: Office - Residential
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
107
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2015
Consultation expiry
30 March 2015
Consultation start
23 February 2015
Consultation end
16 March 2015
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2015
Neighbour consultation end
16 March 2015
Last date for comments
30 March 2015
Target decision date
8 April 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 March 2015
Site notice end
30 March 2015

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Biwater Treatment Ltd, Gregge Street, HeywoodRegister 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    9 Dec

    Non material amendment to planning permission 16/01170/PRA56

    ApprovedNon-material amendment16/01494/ANM
  2. 2016
    9 Nov

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (site investigation) and 4 (drainage) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/01344/DOC
  3. 2016
    27 Sep

    Prior notification for change of use of building from offices (B1) to residential (C3) comprising of 59…

    ApprovedPrior Approval - 56 Days16/01170/PRA56
  4. 2016
    6 Jul

    Prior notification for change of use of building from offices (B1) to residential (C3) comprising of 59…

    RefusedPrior Approval - 56 Days16/00815/PRA56
  5. 2015
    30 Apr

    Prior notification for change of use of building from offices (B1) to residential (C3) comprising of 59…

    ApprovedPrior Approval - 56 Days15/00502/PRA56

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