Land Off Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Rochdale , OL10 2QN Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0679 - Public Service Infrastructure Development Under Consultation

Proposal

Construction of an SEN school, with associated access, parking, landscaping, drainage, land regrading and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 08:33

Application progress

✓

Received

28 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

5 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 22 Oct 2026, from Rochdale's recent full applications.

Documents 49

Statements & assessments 21

Plans & drawings 13

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (Redacted) Application · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 13

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project 1961 m away: M60/M62/M66 Simister Island; Green belt 8 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: Public Service Infrastructure Development
Postcode: OL10 2QN
Received: 28 Jul 2026
Validated: 5 Aug 2026
Ward: West Middleton
Parish: Middleton Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 65 of the 56-day target. Rochdale usually decides full applications by day 70.

prediction

Day 655 days to the predicted decision (day 70)

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

5comments received

5 neutral

Last counted 8 Oct 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

2025 Approved

590 Heywood Old Road Middleton Rochdale OL10 2QN

Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 3.5m from the origin…

25/00678/HH42 11 Aug 2025

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