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Ox And Plough Inn, 178 New Road, Littleborough, OL15 8NL

PL/2026/0249Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Public House (Sui Generis) to 4 no. self-contained flats (Use Class E) including alterations to fenestration and the erection of a bin store

Submitted
31 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wardle Shore and West Littleborough
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at OX AND PLOUGH INN, 178 NEW ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8NL. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Wardle Shore and West Littleborough. We hold 78 applications in total for the OL15 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
OL15 8NL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pennines Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026
Application expires
26 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14757938
Documents
14

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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