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72 Waithlands Road Rochdale OL16 5EU

23/00625/HOUSHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 10 November 2023

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part-single, part-two storey rear extension

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Kingsway
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 72 Waithlands Road Rochdale OL16 5EU. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Kingsway. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 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
OL16 5EU
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Downham Avenue Rossendale BB4 8JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

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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