Moto Birch Eastbound Services M62 Between Junctions 18 & 19 Heywood Data via plota.co.uk

25/00875/FUL - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Retention of electric vehicle charging hub consisting of 12no. EVC points and associated equipment (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Aug 2025
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Validated
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
28 May 2026

Approved on 28 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 26

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Site constraints 6

Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Birch built-up area; Air quality management area about 18 m away: Rochdale AQMA; Green belt about 47 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Rochdale
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
OL10 2RB
Received
22 Aug 2025
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Parish
Heywood Township
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 92 days from validation, 22 days slower than Rochdale's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
116decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Rochdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rochdale decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Rochdale
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#259 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Rochdale is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #215 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Rochdale decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #176 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #221 of 296
54%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #215 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #237 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
60 decided
609
Total decisions
82 refused in the year to March 2026