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Farewell Inn 725 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 3AA

20/00929/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 October 2020

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a Public House (Sui Generis) into a childrens education centre (F.1) and the demolition of an existing single storey extension and rebuilding a larger single storey extension with patio area over (Part retrospective).

Received
6 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castleton
Agent
CUBE architecture and design
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Farewell Inn 725 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 3AA. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Brewood conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Castleton. 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 3AA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2020
Consultation expiry
2 October 2020
Consultation start
9 September 2020
Consultation end
30 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
2 October 2020
Last date for comments
2 October 2020
Target decision date
19 October 2020
Permission expires
16 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
CUBE architecture and design
Architect profile
CUBE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Commercial House Clarence Ave Trafford Park Manchester M17 1QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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