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14 Margaret Avenue Rochdale OL16 5BG

25/00731/HH42Prior approval: Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 6m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3m and height to eaves to 2.650m)

Submitted
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kingsway
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 14 Margaret Avenue Rochdale OL16 5BG. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Kingsway. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

92% of outline 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 5BG
Application type
Prior approval: Larger home extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale South Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025
Application expires
20 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Rochdale

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