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Leaches Farm, Ashworth Road, Heywood, Rochdale, OL11 5UN

PL/2026/0417Change of useAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land to form residential curtilage, demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a new detached outbuilding to form garage and study room

Submitted
30 July 2026
Decision due
20 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Norden
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at LEACHES FARM, ASHWORTH ROAD, HEYWOOD, ROCHDALE, OL11 5UN. Rochdale has handled 102 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Norden. 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 5UN
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2026
Application expires
24 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14911359
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.

  • Green belt: Rochdale
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Oct

    Prior notification for an agricultural storage building

    PendingApplicationNOT/2026/0912

Source: Rochdale

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