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Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, Littleborough

25/00762/DOCApproval of detail reserved by conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Request CompletedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Submission of details to comply with condition 20 (Travel Plan) of planning permission 21/01146/FUL

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Littleborough Lakeside
Agent
Watson Batty Architects
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, Littleborough. Rochdale has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Littleborough Lakeside.

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

Application type
Approval of detail reserved by condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pennines Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2025
Consultation expiry
21 August 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Target decision date
5 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watson Batty Architects
Architect profile
WATSON BATTY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Shires House Shires Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8EU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: RochdalePart of the site
  • SSSI: Rochdale Canal SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Rochdale CanalPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, LittleboroughRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Jul

    Submission of details to comply with condition 20 (Travel Plan) of planning permission 21/01146/FUL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00762/DOC
  2. 2025
    23 Jul

    Submission of details to comply with Condition 33 (Boundary Treatments) of planning permission 21/01146/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/00763/DOC

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