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Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

Granted Rochdale 16/01455/OUT Outline Planning Application

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Outline planning permission by means of layout and scale for the erection of 3 industrial units of B2/B8 use (with ancillary B1) including the provision of car parking and associated infrastructure including the demolition of existing commercial units.

As published by the council, reference 16/01455/OUT

Application record

Reference
16/01455/OUT
Type
Outline Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant subject to conditions
Received
5 Dec 2016
Validated
27 Mar 2017
Decided
11 Oct 2017
Ward
Hopwood Hall
Parish
Heywood Township
Decision by
Delegated (subject to call up)
Postcode
OL10 2SX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rochdale register

This site has had 7 applications since 2016: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/01508/SO Decided

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Request for screening opinion in respect of the erection of a new industrial building including associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure works

    Decided 11 Nov 2021 Outline
  • 20/00985/SO Decided

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Screening Opinion in respect of the demolition of existing Unit D and erection of a B2/B8 warehouse unit with ancillary B1(e) office space, including parking, servicing areas and associated works and infrastructure

    Decided 24 Nov 2020 Outline
  • 19/01270/DOC Decided

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Submission of details to comply with condition 6 (Refuse and Cycle Storage Facilities) of planning permission 19/00092/REM

    Decided 4 Dec 2019 Conditions
  • 19/00798/DOC Decided

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Submission of details to comply with condition 2 on planning permission 19/00092/REM

    Decided 27 Aug 2019 Conditions
  • 19/00463/DOC Decided

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 7, 8 and 17 on planning permission 18/01048/VRCON

    Decided 25 Jun 2019 Conditions
  • 19/00144/VRCON Granted

    Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    Application to vary condition 5 (development to be carried out in accordance with submitted Ground Investigation Report) and condition 16 (to refer to updated energy statement submitted) of planning ppermission 18/01048/VRCON

    Decided 23 Apr 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Dec 2016

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 27 Mar 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Oct 2017

    Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions

  4. 28 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

43 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Rochdale granted permission on 11 October 2017, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    19/00144/VRCON Submitted 8 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    Application to vary condition 5 (development to be carried out in accordance with submitted Ground Investigation Report) and condition 16 (to refer to updated energy statement submitted) of planning ppermission 18/01048/VRCON

    Granted Conditions 8 docs
  • Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    19/01270/DOC Submitted 24 Oct 2019 50 yards away

    Submission of details to comply with condition 6 (Refuse and Cycle Storage Facilities) of planning permission 19/00092/REM

    Decided Conditions 8 docs
  • Land At Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    19/00092/REM Submitted 28 Jan 2019 50 yards away

    Submission of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission 18/01048/VRCON relating to the means of access, appearance and landscaping in relation to phase 1 of the development.

    Granted Reserved matters 16 docs
  • Land At Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    18/01048/VRCON Submitted 17 Sep 2018 50 yards away

    The imposition of additional planning condition to planning permission reference 16/01455/OUT to allow the site to be developed in 2 phases. Subsequent variation in the wording of conditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 17 and the removal of condition 15 for achievement of very good or excellent BREEAM rating.

    Granted Conditions 23 docs
  • Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    19/00798/DOC Submitted 11 Jul 2019 50 yards away

    Submission of details to comply with condition 2 on planning permission 19/00092/REM

    Decided Conditions 17 docs
  • Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    19/00463/DOC Submitted 23 Apr 2019 50 yards away

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 7, 8 and 17 on planning permission 18/01048/VRCON

    Decided Conditions 6 docs

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