Old Police Station 77 Mellor Street Rochdale OL11 5BT
Approved on 27 March 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
First floor infill extension, single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear conservatory and insertion of rooflights to rear elevations
- Received
- 27 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spotland and Falinge
- Agent
- Footprint Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Oct
- Consult.Consultation4 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 151 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Old Police Station 77 Mellor Street Rochdale OL11 5BT. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Spotland Bridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Spotland and Falinge. We hold 670 applications in total for the OL11 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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Application details
- Postcode
- OL11 5BT
- Application type
- Householder planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Rochdale Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 December 2025
- Application expires
- 23 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Footprint Design Ltd
- Architect profile
- FOOTPRINT DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- Innovation centre Brunswick Street Nelson Nelson BB9 0PQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 88 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 19 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 13 December 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Spotland Bridge Conservation Area
- 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, 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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