Dunishbooth Stables, Land to the east of Knacks Lane, Rochdale, OL12 6BJ Data via plota.co.uk

NOT/2026/0804 - Prior notification Under Consultation

Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of a new 25m swann lattice tower on new 7m x 7m foundation pad, supporting 6 no. antennas, 15 no. RRUs, and 2 no. dishes, equipment housing and other ancillary development. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Oct 2026, 01:31

Application progress

✓

Received

4 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 56.

Documents 12

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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Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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 Enhancement Zone 2

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 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Coalfield, development low risk area; Local nature reserve about 488 m away: Healey Dell; Open access land about 15 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

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: Prior notification
Postcode: OL12 6BJ
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Norden
Parish: Rochdale North Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 56, past Rochdale's usual 43 days for prior approvals. 93% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 4 Dec 2026.

predicted

Day 560 days to the 56-day target

86%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

87decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Knacks Farm Knacks Lane Rochdale OL12 6BJ

Submission of details to comply with condition 3 of planning permission 16/00778/HOUS

18/00678/DOC 12 Oct 2018

2017 Approved

Knacks Farm Knacks Lane Rochdale OL12 6BJ

Submission of details to comply with condition 3 of planning permission 16/00778/HOUS

17/00345/DOC 23 May 2017

2016 Approved

Knacks Farm Knacks Lane Rochdale OL12 6BJ

Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of new single storey side extension to d…

16/00778/HOUS 13 Feb 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

Dunishbooth Stables, Land to the east of Knacks Lane, Rochdale, OL12 6BJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 4

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 2

Other documents 3

Site constraints 8

Important details

Decision outlook

Public comments

Nearby activity