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Touchstones Arts And Heritage Centre, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AQ

OTH/2026/0400Approval of details reserved by a conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 June 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Submission of details to comply with conditions 9 (method statement), 10 (method statement - vent louvres), 11 (cross section), 13 (boundary wall details) and 15 (external lighting) on planning permission 23/00624/LBC

Submitted
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central Rochdale
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at TOUCHSTONES ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE, THE ESPLANADE, ROCHDALE, OL16 1AQ. Rochdale has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. 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.

99% of conditions applications at Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
OL16 1AQ
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026
Target decision date
4 June 2026
Application expires
26 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14904302
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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. 2026
    1 May

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 9 (method statement), 10 (method statement - vent louvres)…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0400
  2. 2023
    9 Jun

    Alterations to create a multifunctional arts and heritage centre: internal alterations to include a new…

    ApprovedListed building consentPart of23/00624/LBC

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