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Birch Business Park, Whittle Lane, Heywood, Rochdale, OL10 2SX

PL/2026/0112Removal/variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)20 conditions

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

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Invasive Species), 4 (Tree Protection), 6 (Drainage Strategy), 8 (CMP), 9 (Materials), 11 (Landscaping), 13 (Cycle Parking), 14 (External Lighting), 16 (EV Charging Points), 19 (Acoustic Barrier) and 20 (Energy Statement) of planning permission 24/00453/VRCON

Submitted
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hopwood Hall
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Birch Business Park, Whittle Lane, Heywood, Rochdale, OL10 2SX. Rochdale has handled 350 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Hopwood Hall. We hold 641 applications in total for the OL10 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
OL10 2SX
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026
Application expires
7 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14644646
Documents
37

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.

© 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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