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14 St James Terrace, Heywood, OL10 3AB

PL/2026/0291Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 23 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of existing dwelling (Use Class C3) into 8 bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class Sui Generis) and provision of cycle shelter and bin store

Submitted
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Heywood
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 14 ST JAMES TERRACE, HEYWOOD, OL10 3AB. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Rochdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North Heywood. We hold 639 applications in total for the OL10 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
OL10 3AB
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026
Application expires
8 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14815981
Documents
13

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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