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38-40 Drake Street, Rochdale, OL16 1NU

PL/2026/0462Full planning permissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 23 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

First floor rear extension to existing bar and lounge with roof lights

Submitted
15 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central Rochdale
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 38-40 DRAKE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 1NU. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 38 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Rochdale Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Central Rochdale. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the OL16 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
OL16 1NU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rochdale North Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026
Application expires
10 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14817473
Documents
4

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: Rochdale Town Centre+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rochdale Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Iversons Bldg, Drake St, RochdaleRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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