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Middleton Campus Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH

23/00121/WTTPOWorks to Trees-TPOApproved

Approved on 15 March 2023

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for works to two Oak trees (T1 and T3) - crown lift to 3m and deadwood the crowns and to fell 1 Oak (T2), 1 Rowan (T4), 1 Maple (T5), 1 Sycamore (T7), 2 Beech (T10 and T16), 1 Ash (T13), 1 Horse Chestnut (T14), 2 Silver Birch (T15 and T17) subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 50 (Hopwood Hall Collage, Middleton)

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Agent
Special Branch Treesurgeons Ltd
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Middleton Campus Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH. Rochdale has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

97% of trees 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
M24 6XH
Application type
Works to Trees-TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2023
Consultation expiry
13 March 2023
Consultation start
20 February 2023
Consultation end
13 March 2023
Last date for comments
13 March 2023
Target decision date
9 March 2023
Permission expires
15 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Special Branch Treesurgeons Ltd
Agent address
Top Oth Meadow Farm Meadowhead Lane Norden Rochdale OL11 5UL

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • Local nature reserve: Hopwood Woodlands
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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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