Howarth Knowl House Howarth Knowl Wardle Rochdale OL12 9JD Data via plota.co.uk

24/01170/HOUS - Householder planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Part retrospective application for proposed dropped kerb installation and new driveway at the front of the property Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Oct 2026, 19:47

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Nov 2024

✓

Validated

20 Aug 2025

Decision

Target date was 15 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 434.

Documents 39

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Plan - 27112024 - PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN - 2401170HOUS-6591957.pdf PL/01/01 Plan · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Plan - 14082025 - SUPERSEDED PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN - 2401170HOUS-6711189.pdf PL/01/01 Plan · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Supporting Report - 27112024 - PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT - 2401170HOUS-6591951.pdf PL/01/01 Supporting Report · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Supporting Report - 14082025 - PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT - 2401170HOUS-6711183.pdf PL/01/01 Supporting Report · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 27

Site constraints 8

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public footpath about 12 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Howarth Knowl Farmhouse, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 2 with distances

8 mHowarth Knowl FarmhouseGrade II
119 m2 and 4, LawflatGrade II

Historic England ↗

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; National infrastructure project about 316 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Rochdale built-up area; 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 16 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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: Householder planning permission
Postcode: OL12 9JD
Received: 25 Nov 2024
Validated: 20 Aug 2025
Ward: Wardle Shore and West Littleborough
Parish: Pennines Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Oct 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Silas Willoughby()

Decision outlook

Day 434, past the statutory target. 87% of householder applications in Rochdale are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 434378 days past the 56-day target

60%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

293decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Withdrawn

Howarth Knowl House, Howarth Knowl, Wardle Road Rochdale, OL12 9JD

Excavation to front to form vehicular access for parking area with block paving including…

22/00716/HOUS 23 Nov 2022

2017 Approved

Briardene Wardle Road Wardle OL12 9JD

Works to Silver Birch (25% prune) and Beech (25% lift and thin) trees subject to Tree Pre…

17/00120/WTTPO 3 May 2017

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