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Touchstones Arts And Heritage Centre The Esplanade Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1AQ

23/00624/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to create a multifunctional arts and heritage centre: internal alterations to include a new performances space, artists studios, re-designed dining area, education and office spaces; external alterations to create outdoor dining area, creation of stair and door openings to east elevation, alterations to external access arrangements

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Milkstone And Deeplish
Agent
Architectural Emporium Ltd
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 154 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Touchstones Arts And Heritage Centre The Esplanade Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1AQ. Rochdale has handled 29 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Rochdale Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 1AQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2023
Consultation expiry
10 November 2023
Consultation start
31 October 2023
Consultation end
10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2023
Last date for comments
10 November 2023
Target decision date
31 August 2023
Permission expires
21 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Emporium Ltd
Agent address
87 Kempston Street Liverpool L3 8HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
16 August 2023
Site notice start
10 August 2023
Site notice end
3 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
81

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0400
  2. 2023
    9 Jun

    Alterations to create a multifunctional arts and heritage centre: internal alterations to include a new…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/00624/LBC

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