13+15 Todmorden Road, Littleborough, OL15 9DG Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0758 - Change of use Under Consultation

Proposal

Change of Use of first floor & second floor from restaurant and storage (Use Class E) into 6 bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) including insertion of two rooflights and window to front elevation (Part-Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:30

Application progress

✓

Received

21 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

14 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Dec 2026 and 24 Dec 2026, from Rochdale's recent changes of use.

Documents 4

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

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 ↗

Littleborough Town Centre Conservation Area conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

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 ↗

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Church of the Holy Trinity, Grade II, about 36 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II

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.

Show all 4 with distances

36 mChurch of the Holy TrinityGrade II
60 mUnnamed
81 mRailway ViaductGrade II
125 mLittleborough Coach House Heritage CentreGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Special area of conservation about 364 m away: Rochdale Canal; SSSI about 364 m away: Rochdale Canal SSSI; National infrastructure project about 960 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Littleborough built-up area; Flood defence about 41 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood).

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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: OL15 9DG
Received: 21 Aug 2026
Validated: 14 Oct 2026
Ward: Littleborough Lakeside
Parish: Pennines Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Rochdale usually decides changes of use by day 65.

prediction

Day 1451 days to the predicted decision (day 65)

44%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

68decided 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

6 Church Street 2 Todmorden Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9AF

Change of use to commercial at ground floor level and self-contained flat at first floor…

25/00363/FUL 10 Dec 2025

2022 Approved

Holy Trinity C Of E Primary School, Victoria Street Littleborough, OL15 9DB

Erection of 2.1m gate on to Victoria Street and security fencing between the school playg…

22/00332/FUL 17 Aug 2022

2020 Approved

3 Maden Square Littleborough OL15 9AJ

Application for the felling of lime tree T4 subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO282

20/00001/WTTPO 6 Apr 2020

2019 Approved

17-19 Todmorden Road Littleborough OL15 9DQ

Change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to mixed use Class A1 (Retail) and Class A4 (Drinkin…

19/00847/FUL 3 Dec 2019

2018 Approved

Railway Viaduct Halifax Road Littleborough

Retention of warning signage to Listed bridge - Retrospective

18/00313/LBC 2 Jul 2018

2017 Approved

Holy Trinity C Of E Primary School Victoria Street Littleborough OL15 9DB

Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission 16/01542/F…

17/00614/DOC 6 Jun 2018

2018 Approved

Unit 1A Ebor Street Littleborough OL15 9AS

Submission of details to comply with conditions 3, 4 and 5 on planning permission 15/0013…

18/00163/DOC 30 Apr 2018

2016 Approved

Holy Trinity C Of E Primary School Victoria Street Littleborough OL15 9DB

Infill extension at first floor to form additional teaching space

16/01542/FUL 9 Mar 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