St Paul's Church, Edenfield Road, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 7SJ
Refused on 11 March 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Renewal of heating system and the installation of roof mounted PV solar panels and air heat source pump
- Submitted
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Norden
- ReceivedSubmitted28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at St Paul's Church, Edenfield Road, Norden , Rochdale, OL12 7SJ. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 45 applications across Norden. We hold 206 applications in total for the OL12 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
- OL12 7SJ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rochdale North Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 March 2026
- Application expires
- 11 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14578110
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
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© 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.
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Source: Rochdale
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