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Biwater Treatment Ltd Gregge Street Heywood OL10 2DX

15/00502/PRA56Prior Approval - 56 DaysApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 June 2015

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (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 59 apartments

Received
30 April 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Heywood
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 53 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 53 days, 3 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. 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 Approval - 56 Days
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
59
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2015
Consultation expiry
10 June 2015
Consultation start
18 May 2015
Consultation end
8 June 2015
Neighbour consultation start
11 May 2015
Neighbour consultation end
1 June 2015
Last date for comments
10 June 2015
Target decision date
11 June 2015
Decision issued
24 June 2015
Permission expires
24 June 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 May 2015
Site notice end
10 June 2015

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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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
    18 Feb

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

    RefusedPrior Notification: Office - Residential15/00196/RESI56

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