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19-21 Boarshaw Road, Middleton, M24 6BR

PL/2026/0108Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of a former public house (The Nook) and associated car park to a hand car wash (Sui Generis) and ancilliary office and storage, together with the installation of associated equipment and new perimeter fencing.

Submitted
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Middleton
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 19-21 Boarshaw Road, Middleton, M24 6BR. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Middleton Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across North Middleton. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 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
M24 6BR
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Middleton Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Middleton Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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