Hey Bottom Farm, Calderbrook Road, Littleborough, OL15 9NR Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0147 - Full planning permission Withdrawn

Proposal

Conversion of barn to form a dwelling house, removal and replacement of existing rear dormer, insertion and alteration to fenestration, formation of a new road for vehicular access including car parking, siting of static caravan and boundary treatment (Part- Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 19 Sept 2026, 06:53

Application progress

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Received

16 Feb 2026

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Validated

16 Jul 2026

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Withdrawn

3 Sept 2026

Withdrawn on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 9

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Handle Hall and Adjoining Barn, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline

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.

Historic England ↗

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.

Recorded mine shaft about 22 m from the postcode pin

Reference 394417-001. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

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

National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Summit 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 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: Full planning permission
Postcode: OL15 9NR
Received: 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 16 Jul 2026
Ward: Littleborough Lakeside
Parish: Pennines Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Sept 2026
Decision: Withdrawn
Decision date: 3 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

2comments received

2 neutral

Last counted 4 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Handle Cottage Calderbrook Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9NR

First floor rear extension with side porch following partial demolition to rear of dwelli…

22/01602/HOUS 11 Aug 2023

2020 Approved

Handle Hall Farm Calderbrook Road Littleborough OL15 9NR

Submission of details to comply with conditions 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 on planning permission 1…

20/00367/DOC 22 Jun 2020

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

Hey Bottom Farm, Calderbrook Road, Littleborough, OL15 9NR Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 3

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1