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Department Of Work And Pensions Dcs Distribution Centre, Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2PZ

21/01298/CPECertificate of lawful use-ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 December 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of storage and distribution with ancillary uses

Received
6 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hopwood Hall
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Department Of Work And Pensions Dcs Distribution Centre, Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2PZ. Rochdale has handled 102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

93% of amendment 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 2PZ
Application type
Certificate of lawful use-Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2021
Target decision date
27 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley
Agent address
1 New York Street Manchester m14hd United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14

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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