180 Wardle Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9JD Data via plota.co.uk

25/01065/FUL - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and erection of a replacement dwellinghouse with detached double garage, associated works including landscaping, boundary treatment and drop kerb to form vehicular access off Wardle Road Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 09:21

Application progress

✓

Received

20 Oct 2025

✓

Validated

10 Jul 2026

Decision

Target date was 4 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 110.

Documents 16

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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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.

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Howarth Knowl Farmhouse, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 2 with distances

8 mHowarth Knowl FarmhouseGrade II
119 m2 and 4, LawflatGrade II

Historic England ↗

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

Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 316 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Rochdale 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.

Building

Floor area52 m² (560 sq ft)

Energy ratingG (1 out of 100), could reach F

PropertyDetached house, 2 habitable rooms

Built1900 to 1929

HeatingRoom heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Rochdale
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: OL12 9JD
Received: 20 Oct 2025
Validated: 10 Jul 2026
Ward: Wardle Shore and West Littleborough
Parish: Pennines Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 4 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 110, past the statutory target. 93% of demolitions in Rochdale are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 11054 days past the 56-day target

66%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

32decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

2 neutral

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

Howarth Knowl House Howarth Knowl Wardle Rochdale OL12 9JD

Part retrospective application for proposed dropped kerb installation and new driveway at…

24/01170/HOUS 20 Aug 2025

2022 Withdrawn

Howarth Knowl House, Howarth Knowl, Wardle Road Rochdale, OL12 9JD

Excavation to front to form vehicular access for parking area with block paving including…

22/00716/HOUS 23 Nov 2022

2017 Approved

Briardene Wardle Road Wardle OL12 9JD

Works to Silver Birch (25% prune) and Beech (25% lift and thin) trees subject to Tree Pre…

17/00120/WTTPO 3 May 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.