Edgar Wood Academy, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, OL10 2QN Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/0227 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Approved

Proposal

Submission of details to comply with the mandatory Biodiversity Gain Condition of planning permission (Single storey extension to school to provide integrated SEND facility including formation of additional car park and new boundary fencing) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:07

Application progress

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Received

10 Mar 2026

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Approved

10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Associated applications 3

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FullApproved18 Dec 2025council archive

Conditions 5, 6 discharged
- ConditionsSubmission of details to comply with the mandatory Biodiversity Gain Condition (Single storey…This application10 Mar 2026OTH/2026/0227
- Show 1 more · 1 approved
  - ConditionsSubmission of details to comply with conditions 5 (Scheme of Biodiversity Enhancement) and 6…17 Feb 2026OTH/2026/0153

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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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; Flood defence about 30 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Conservation area about 87 m away: Birch Village Conservation Area; Inside the Birch 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 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: Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode: OL10 2QN
Received: 10 Mar 2026
Validated: 10 Mar 2026
Ward: West Middleton
Parish: Middleton Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 May 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 10 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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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…

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Rochdale

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#259 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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