Bowlee Playing Fields, Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4SD Data via plota.co.uk

73602 - Consultation From Neighbouring Authority Decided
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityDemolitionCommercial premises

Proposal

Article 18 consultation from Rochdale Council () - Demolition and replacement of community centre to provide Community Sports and Wellbeing Hub (Hybrid Use Class F2/E(d)) comprising community sports and wellbeing facilities; football club training and community pitches; drainage and earthworks; provision of cricket nets; with associated hard and soft landscaping, parking, storage container, lighting, enclosures and boundary treatments. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 23 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 56.

Documents

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Site constraints 7

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.
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
Public footpath about 30 m away; National infrastructure project about 1338 m away: M60/M62/M66 Simister Island; Coalfield, development low risk area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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.

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Important details

Council
Bury
Application type
Consultation From Neighbouring Authority
Postcode
M24 4SD
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 56, past Bury's usual 49 days for demolitions. 94% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 2 Dec 2026.

Day 560 days to the 56-day target
79%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
56decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
Green Lane End Farm Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SD
Use of land as outdoor exercise area for horses including 1.5m high boundary fencing and…
18/01153/FUL
2018 Approved
Green Lane End Farm Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SD
Two storey extension to front elevation to form new porch and wc, erection of single stor…
18/01143/HOUS
2018 Approved
Green Lane End Farm Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a summer house w…
18/00749/CPL
2018 Approved
Green Lane End Farm Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SD
Single storey extension to front elevation form new porch and wc, erection of single stor…
18/00379/HOUS
2018 Refused
Green Lane End Farm Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a summer house w…
18/00378/CPL
Bury
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#41 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bury is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #61 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #191 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #99 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #61 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #64 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
61 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
63 decided
757
Total decisions
109 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings