Church Of St John The Baptist High Street Hyde Tameside SK14 2PU
Approved on 19 November 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of the existing church (use class F1(f)) to a heritage skills centre, which is a provision of education (use class F1(a)).
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hyde Godley
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Nov
- Consult.Consultation28 Nov
- TargetTarget Date1 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Church Of St John The Baptist High Street Hyde Tameside SK14 2PU. Tameside has handled 835 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Tameside's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Hyde Godley. We hold 1,026 applications in total for the SK14 postcode area.
79% of outline applications at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SK14 2PU
- Application type
- Certificate Of Proposed Use Or Devt
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hyde
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- Bridgegate House 5 Bridgegate Chester Greater Manchester CH1 1SA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lauren Jackson
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14159266
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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
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© 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.
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