Birch Hill Hospital Union Road Wardle OL12 9QB
Approved on 1 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for the installation solar panels on the roof of Laurence House (20.24kWp) and the roof of Prospect Place (100.32kWp).
- Received
- 13 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wardle And West Littleborough
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Oct
- Consult.Consultation7 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Birch Hill Hospital Union Road Wardle OL12 9QB. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 207 applications in total for the OL12 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
- OL12 9QB
- Application type
- Prior Approval - 56 Days
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pennines Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Avrenim Group Unit 16 Vesty Road Vesty Business Park Bootle L30 1NY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 November 2025
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: RochdalePart of the site
- 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 (22)
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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: Rochdale
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