40 Andover Avenue, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1RN

PL/2026/0825Lawful development: Proposed useApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of garage to to habitable room including alterations to front elevation

Received: 14 September 2026
Council: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: East Middleton

ReceivedReceived14 Sep
ValidatedValidated14 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Oct

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 40 ANDOVER AVENUE, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 1RN. Rochdale has handled 15 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Rochdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across East Middleton. We hold 441 applications in total for the M24 postcode area.

90% of lawful development: proposed use 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: M24 1RN
Application type: Lawful development: Proposed use
Parish: Middleton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Luke Rigby

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rochdale

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