Land at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale

24/00832/DOCApproval of detail reserved by conditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Request CompletedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Submission of details to comply with condition 11 (details of opening) on planning permission 22/01119/FUL

Received: 21 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Central Rochdale
Agent: Plan Red Ltd

ReceivedReceived21 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Oct
DecidedDecided15 Sep

Decided in 390 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale. Rochdale has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 390 days, 48 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Rochdale Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Central Rochdale. We hold 1,019 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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 1NL
Application type: Approval of detail reserved by condition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2024
Target decision date: 2 October 2024
Decision issued: 16 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Plan Red Ltd
Architect profile: PLAN RED LTD
Agent address: Floor 11 3 Piccadilly Place Manchester M1 3BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Rochdale Town Centre+1 more
Heritage at Risk Register: Rochdale Town Centre
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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Rochdale

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