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27 Hargate Avenue Rochdale OL12 7GL

25/00653/WTTPOWorks to Trees-TPOApproved

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Work to one protected Ash Tree under TPO 099 (ref. T5):- reduce from property by 2-3 meters

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Norden
Agent
Special Branch Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Hargate Avenue Rochdale OL12 7GL. Rochdale has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Norden. We hold 207 applications in total for the OL12 postcode area.

97% of trees 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
OL12 7GL
Application type
Works to Trees-TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2025
Consultation expiry
21 July 2025
Consultation start
30 June 2025
Consultation end
21 July 2025
Target decision date
30 July 2025
Permission expires
1 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Special Branch Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Top O'th Meadow Farm Meadowhead Lane Norden Rochdale OL11 5UL

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

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.

Source: Rochdale

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