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9 John Street, Rochdale, OL16 2HP

NOT/2026/0134Prior approval - Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 March 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from of basement from offices (Class E) to 2no. x 1 bedroom apartments (Class C3)

Submitted
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central Rochdale
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 9 JOHN STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2HP. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Town Head conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Central Rochdale. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

92% of outline 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 2HP
Application type
Prior approval - Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Target decision date
14 March 2026
Application expires
19 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Town Head 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.

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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