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8 Mercer Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5RN

23/00655/CPLCertificate of lawful use-ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 September 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certifice of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension and rear dormer

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Norden
Agent
JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Mercer Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5RN. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Norden. We hold 670 applications in total for the OL11 postcode area.

92% of outline 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
OL11 5RN
Application type
Certificate of lawful use-Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
Agent address
CAMPBELL HOUSE 173 ROCHDALE RD FIRGROVE, MILNROW Rochdale OL163BN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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

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© 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.

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Source: Rochdale

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