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Wallhead Road, Newbold, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 5DB, NGR E: 391514 N: 413108

25/00876/TELETelecoms DeterminationApproved

Approved on 10 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The installation of a new 20m monopole, hosting 6no. antennas, with 3no. and all other associated ancillary apparatus and permitted development thereto.

Received
22 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kingsway
Agent
WHP Telecoms Ltd
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Wallhead Road, Newbold, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 5DB, NGR E: 391514 N: 413108. Rochdale has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days 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.

91% of all 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 5DB
Application type
Telecoms Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2025
Consultation expiry
29 September 2025
Consultation start
29 August 2025
Consultation end
19 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2025
Last date for comments
29 September 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025
Permission expires
10 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Ltd
Agent address
Building 8 Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber Road Carryduff BT8 8AN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 September 2025
Site notice end
22 September 2025

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

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© 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.

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