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Siddal Moor Sports College Newhouse Road Heywood OL10 2NT

16/00689/PRA56Prior Approval - 56 DaysApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 November 2016

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification for prior aproval for the installation of 20kw solar panels on roof of Siddal Moor Sports College

Received
6 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Agent
Jackson, Jackson and Sons ltd
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Siddal Moor Sports College Newhouse Road Heywood OL10 2NT. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Hopwood Hall. 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 2NT
Application type
Prior Approval - 56 Days
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2016
Consultation expiry
18 October 2016
Consultation start
16 September 2016
Consultation end
7 October 2016
Last date for comments
18 October 2016
Target decision date
25 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jackson, Jackson and Sons ltd
Agent address
Jackson House Red Lane Rochdale OL12 9DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 September 2016
Site notice end
18 October 2016

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rochdale

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