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15 Bonscale Crescent Middleton M24 5LX

25/00978/HOUSHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 17 November 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Part two, part single storey rear extension, front porch extension, insertion of new window to side elevation and the application of render to match existing

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Middleton
Agent
Saleem Architects
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 15 Bonscale Crescent Middleton M24 5LX. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across West Middleton. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

87% of full 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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Why it was refused

  1. By virtue of its siting, size and scale, the proposed extension would fail to comply with the requirements of paragraph 5.9 of the Standards and Guidelines for Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document and the proposed development would be unduly harmful to the amenity of nos 13 and 17 Bonscale Crescent through overshadowing, an overbearing impact and visual intrusion. Whilst the personal circumstances advanced in the application are noted, such matters are not sufficient to outweigh the harm identified and the proposal would therefore be contrary to the residential amenity aims of Policy DM1 of the adopted Rochdale Core Strategy, Policy JP-P1 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan, the Council's 'Guidelines and Standards for Residential Development' Supplementary Planning Document and the National Planning Policy Framework. Procedure Statement: The proposal would not improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area nor does it comply with the development plan and therefore does not comprise sustainable development. There were no amendments to the scheme, or conditions which could reasonably have been imposed, which could have made the development acceptable and it was therefore not possible to approve the application.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M24 5LX
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
27 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2025
Last date for comments
27 October 2025
Target decision date
4 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Saleem Architects
Architect profile
SALEEM ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
64 Heaton Street Prestwich M25 1HH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Mar

    Front porch and part two storey part single storey rear extension

    ApprovedHouseholderPL/2026/0283

Source: Rochdale

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