9a Milkstone Road, Rochdale, OL11 1ED Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from hot food takeaway (sui generis) to café (class E) including erection of new shopfront Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 6
Other documents 4
Licence at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 7
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 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
- Change of use
- Postcode
- OL11 1ED
- Received
- 21 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Milkstone and Deeplish
- Parish
- Rochdale South Township
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Show
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 52 days from validation, 13 days faster than Rochdale's median of 65 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rochdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rochdale decision record →
Public comments
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Last counted 22 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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