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Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH

24/00548/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 October 2024

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former chapel to provide education/teaching facility including internal and external repairs and internal works to provide classrooms and associated facilities, alongside external landscaping and the addition of one accessible parking space.

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Agent
Seven Architecture
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH. Rochdale has handled 29 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 12 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Bampton conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 439 applications in total for the M24 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
M24 6XH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Consultation expiry
13 August 2024
Consultation start
10 July 2024
Consultation end
31 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 August 2024
Last date for comments
13 August 2024
Target decision date
12 August 2024
Permission expires
23 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Seven Architecture
Architect profile
SEVEN ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Clarendon House Victoria Avenue Harrogate HG1 1JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 August 2024
Site notice start
20 July 2024
Site notice end
13 August 2024

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • Ancient woodland: Hopwood CloughPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Hopwood WoodlandsPart of the site

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, national 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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 6 (repair works) and 10 (survey of roof) on planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01035/DOC
  2. 2024
    7 Jun

    Conversion of former chapel to provide education/teaching facility including internal and external repairs…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent24/00548/LBC

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