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Highfield House Care Home Manchester Road Heywood OL10 2AN

24/00332/CPECertificate of lawful use-ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 19 February 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness in relation to the lawful commencement of development approved under planning reference 17/00886/FUL for demolition of existing rear extension and erection of new two storey rear extension to provide 40 bedrooms, including realignment of site access and formation of additional car parking spaces

Received
8 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hopwood Hall
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 317 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Highfield House Care Home Manchester Road Heywood OL10 2AN. Rochdale has handled 102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 317 days, 37 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 639 applications in total for the OL10 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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 2AN
Application type
Certificate of lawful use-Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2024
Target decision date
20 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chorlton Planning Ltd 61 Nudger Green Dobcross OL3 5AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    8 Dec

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) on planning permission 17/00886/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01335/DOC
  2. 2023
    21 Jul

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (external materials samples); 4 (coal mining site…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00792/DOC
  3. 2015
    27 May

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 of planning permission 12/56254/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions15/00590/DOC
  4. 2011
    7 Nov

    Two And Single Storey Extensions To North Side And First Floor Extension To Rear, Replacement Single Storey…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application11/D54980
  5. 2011
    11 Mar

    First Floor And Two Storey Extensions To Rear Of Residential Care Home To Provide 23 Additional Bedrooms

    ApprovedFull Planning Application11/D54232
  6. 2009
    21 Dec

    Application To Extend The Time Limit For Implementation Of Outline Planning Permission D49425 For The…

    ApprovedOutline Planning Application09/D52784

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