Skip to content

Leopold Court, Leopold Street, Rochdale, OL11 5HA

PL/2025/1215Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Minor extensions and infills to facilitate the re-organisation and refurbishment of internal spaces and to increase bedroom capacity from 23 to 32 (29 standard, 2 category 3 and one emergency room), along with replacement of windows and doors, resurfacing of external areas, minor landscape works, new access gates and new and upgraded external lighting.

Submitted
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bamford
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at LEOPOLD COURT, LEOPOLD STREET, ROCHDALE, OL11 5HA. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bamford. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
OL11 5HA
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Rochdale South Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Target decision date
8 March 2026
Committee meeting
30 March 2026
Application expires
1 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14526831
Documents
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near OL11

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

For the applicant

Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site

Condition 4 on the decision asks for this.

See all ecologists near Spotland Bridge

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address