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Land at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale

OTH/2026/0850Approval of details reserved by a conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 November 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Submission of details to comply with condition 18 (Highways) of planning permission 22/01119/FUL

Received
16 September 2026
Ward
Central Rochdale
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale. Rochdale has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Rochdale Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Central Rochdale. We hold 1,019 applications in total for the OL16 postcode area.

91% of all 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 1NL
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

Company number 00768173

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
19 Jul 1963 (63 years old)
Nature of business
Construction of commercial buildings; Construction of domestic buildings
Registered office
Letchworth Garden City

1 other planning application by this company in Rochdale.

  • OTH/2026/0848 · Rochdale · Land at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Anna Hayes

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: Rochdale Town Centre+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rochdale Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

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, 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
    16 Sep

    Submission of details to comply with condition 19 (Landscaping) of planning permission 22/01119/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideOTH/2026/0848
  2. 2026
    16 Sep

    Submission of details to comply with condition 18 (Highways) of planning permission 22/01119/FUL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0850

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