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R And B Switchgear Switchgear House, The Courtyard Green Lane, Heywood, OL10 2EX

22/01088/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2023

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to industrial unit including internal mezzanine, alteration to fenestration on southwest facing elevation and alterations to vehicle circulation and parking layout

Received
11 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Heywood
Agent
A J Cocker Associates
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at R And B Switchgear Switchgear House, The Courtyard Green Lane, Heywood, OL10 2EX. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 244 days, 27 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North Heywood. We hold 639 applications in total for the OL10 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
OL10 2EX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2022
Consultation expiry
9 April 2023
Consultation start
29 September 2022
Consultation end
20 October 2022
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2023
Last date for comments
9 April 2023
Target decision date
21 November 2022
Permission expires
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A J Cocker Associates
Agent address
New Century House 176 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1UP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Appeal history

3305922
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 September 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Failure

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    5 Jun

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 of planning permission 22/01088/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00539/VRCON
  2. 2022
    11 Aug

    Extension to industrial unit including internal mezzanine, alteration to fenestration on southwest facing…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/01088/FUL

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