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Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6XH

25/01022/WTTPOWorks to Trees-TPOApproved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Works to one protected Lime Tree under TPO 050 (Group A1) - Reduce by 2-3 meters

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Middleton
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6XH. Rochdale has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across North Middleton. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

97% of trees 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
M24 6XH
Application type
Works to Trees-TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation start
8 October 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025
Permission expires
17 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Top O'Th Meadow Farm
Agent address
Meadowhead Lane Norden Rochdale OL11 5UL

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 6 (repair works) and 10 (survey of roof) on planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/01035/DOC
  2. 2025
    6 Oct

    Works to one protected Lime Tree under TPO 050 (Group A1) - Reduce by 2-3 meters

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/01022/WTTPO

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