338, Grimshaw Lane, Manchester, M24 2AU

PL/2026/0008Lawful development: Proposed useApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a change of use from a C3 dwellinghouse to a C4 House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for 4 occupants

Submitted: 6 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

ReceivedSubmitted6 Jan
ValidatedValidated6 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Jan
DecidedDecided18 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 338, Grimshaw Lane, Manchester, M24 2AU. Rochdale has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 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: M24 2AU
Application type: Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 January 2026
Target decision date: 6 January 2026
Application expires: 3 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14588262
Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rochdale

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