Land Adjacent To Rochdale Road At Hillbank Street And Church Avenue, Middleton, M24 2RB Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0184 - Removal/variation of conditions Approved

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary Condition 2 (Plans) of planning permission PL/2025/1301 in order to remove a parking space, reduce the size of the garage and introduce more soft landscaping at the front of Plot 1 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Feb 2026
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Approved
18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

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Site constraints 9

Local nature reserve about 136 m away: Rochdale Canal
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 136 m away: Rochdale Canal SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt about 14 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Inside the Trub built-up area; Air quality management area about 58 m away: Rochdale AQMA; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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
Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode
M24 2RB
Received
26 Feb 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Castleton
Parish
Rochdale South Township
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Josh whitehill

Public comments

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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