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Castleton Sidings Heywood Road Rochdale

23/00431/HYBRHybrid ApplicationApproved

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsPlanning and Licensing

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full application for residential development for 191 dwellings including access, landscaping, open space together with erection of sub-station and foul water pump station

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Planning and Licensing
Public comments
333
Ward
Castleton
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 407 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Castleton Sidings Heywood Road Rochdale. Rochdale has handled 3,288 applications of this type. This one was decided in 461 days, 58 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Castleton.

Application details

Application type
Hybrid Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
191
Parish
Rochdale South Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2023
Consultation expiry
5 July 2024
Consultation start
2 May 2024
Consultation end
16 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2024
Last date for comments
5 July 2024
Target decision date
23 August 2023
Committee meeting
20 June 2024
Decision issued
9 August 2024
Permission expires
9 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
WSP
Agent address
8 First Street Deansgate Manchester M15 4RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
19 July 2023
Site notice start
11 July 2023
Site notice end
4 August 2023

Additional information

Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: RochdalePart of the site
  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

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