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Brown Hill Farm, Woodhouse Lane, Rochdale, OL12 7TB

25/00943/HOUSHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 10 November 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage/workshop to ancillary guest accommodation including alterations to front fenestration - Retrospective

Received
17 September 2026
Ward
Norden
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at Brown Hill Farm Woodhouse Lane Rochdale OL12 7TB. Rochdale has handled 46 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Norden. We hold 206 applications in total for the OL12 postcode area.

88% of householder planning permission 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 7TB
Application type
Householder planning permission
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Luke Rigby

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • 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.

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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