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Kingsway Firgrove Rochdale OL16 4AP

21/00540/TELEPrior notification: Development by telecoms operatorsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 1 June 2021

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed 20m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

Received
9 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Kingsway
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Kingsway Firgrove Rochdale OL16 4AP. Rochdale has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Kingsway. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

91% of all 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
OL16 4AP
Application type
Prior notification: Development by telecoms operators
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2021
Consultation expiry
18 May 2021
Consultation start
27 April 2021
Consultation end
18 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2021
Last date for comments
18 May 2021
Target decision date
18 May 2021
Application expires
3 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
Troy Mills, Helena House Troy Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09700989
Documents
10

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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