Capitol Car Wash, Whitworth Road, Rochdale, OL12 6ER

PL/2026/0023Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for a car wash canopy with proposed replacement external cladding.

Submitted: 5 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Healey

ReceivedSubmitted5 Mar
ValidatedValidated5 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided24 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Capitol Car Wash, Whitworth Road, Rochdale, OL12 6ER. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Healey. 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 6ER
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 March 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026
Application expires: 30 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14609067
Documents: 8

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.

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.

Source: Rochdale

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