351 Edenfield Road, Rochdale, OL11 5YY

PL/2026/0065Lawful development: Existing useApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 19 March 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 the existing use of property as a 5-bed HMO (Use Class C4)

Submitted: 23 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Spotland and Falinge

ReceivedSubmitted23 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Jan
DecidedDecided19 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 351 EDENFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 5YY. Rochdale has handled 102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Spotland and Falinge. We hold 670 applications in total for the OL11 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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: OL11 5YY
Application type: Lawful development: Existing use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Target decision date: 23 January 2026
Application expires: 20 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14647335
Documents: 2

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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