Unit A, Finlan Road, Stakehill Industrial Estate, Middleton, M24 2SJ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0392 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing single storey extension and service yard canopy, erection of extension and alterations to existing building, change of use to allow a flexible use within Classes B2, B8 and / or E(g)(iii) and a series of physical works to reconfigure the site including an extension to the service yard, new hard and soft landscaping and associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 19 Sept 2026, 06:54

Application progress

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Received

30 Apr 2026

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Validated

20 May 2026

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Approved

13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 52

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE PL/2026/0392 Decision Notice · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 18

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Planning Application Form · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 9

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

Special area of conservation about 438 m away: Rochdale Canal; Coalfield, development low risk area; SSSI about 438 m away: Rochdale Canal SSSI; Inside the Slattocks built-up area; 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 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £6,280,000 in January 2018. Other property, freehold.

25 January 2018£6,280,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Rochdale
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: M24 2SJ
Received: 30 Apr 2026
Validated: 20 May 2026
Ward: North Middleton
Parish: Middleton Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 13 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 85 days from validation, 18 days slower than Rochdale's median of 67 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

This one85d

Council67d

UK56d

43%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

67decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rochdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rochdale decision record →

Public comments

9comments received

9 neutral

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017

Unit 5 Stakehill Industrial Estate Finlan Road Middleton M24 2SJ

Installation of a woodwaste extraction system

17/01070/FUL 5 Sep 2017

Rochdale

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#259 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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