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34 Middleton Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2HX

23/00996/FULFull Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 1 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a public house to retail premises on the ground floor with ancillary living accommodation above. New emergency staircase to the rear elevation together with new fire exit door on the rear first floor elevation. (Part Retrospective)

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Agent
AFR STUDIO LTD
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 34 Middleton Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2HX. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 146 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 641 applications in total for the OL10 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
OL10 2HX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2023
Consultation expiry
23 October 2023
Consultation start
27 September 2023
Consultation end
18 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2023
Last date for comments
23 October 2023
Target decision date
3 November 2023
Permission expires
1 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
AFR STUDIO LTD
Architect profile
AFR STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
173 A Dickenson Road Longsight Manchester M13 0YN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal history

3335577
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 June 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
12

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.

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