Moss Mill Industrial Estate, Woodbine Street East, Rochdale Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for a certificate of lawfulness to remove the upper section of the tower brickwork to allow removal of the roof, telecoms mast and water tank and rebuild roof tower using existing retained bricks to match existing. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 23 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 7
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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2024, 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
- Lawful development
- Postcode
- OL16 5LB
- Received
- 10 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Kingsway
- Parish
- Rochdale South Township
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 5 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 22 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Fully Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Colin Binns
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 43 days from validation, 13 days faster than Rochdale's median of 56 for commercial premises. Approved, as 86% of commercial premises here are.
Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Rochdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rochdale decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 23 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
17 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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.
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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