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Greater Manchester Fire Station, Middleton Road, Heywood, OL10 2LU

PL/2026/0610Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 August 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

The proposal seeks planning permission for the erection of a 2 storey temporary fire station with an appliance bay to enable the continued operation of GMFRS during the redevelopment of the existing Fire Station.

Submitted
3 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hopwood Hall
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE STATION, MIDDLETON ROAD, HEYWOOD, OL10 2LU. Rochdale has handled 1,781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker 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.

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 2LU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heywood Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026
Application expires
28 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15056567
Documents
15

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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