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The Lake Garage (smithybridge) Ltd Smithy Bridge Road Littleborough OL15 0BQ

Refused Rochdale 17/01512/FUL Full Planning Application

Works: Demolition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of car sales/garage and erection of SPAR convenience store with ATM machine, car parking, external lighting, landscaping and associated works (resubmission of planning application 16/01318/FUL)

As published by the council, reference 17/01512/FUL

Application record

Reference
17/01512/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
20 Dec 2017
Validated
11 Jan 2018
Decided
1 Aug 2018
Ward
Littleborough Lakeside
Parish
Pennines Township
Decision by
Delegated (subject to call up)
Postcode
OL15 0BQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rochdale register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 16/01318/FUL Withdrawn

    The Lake Garage (Smithybridge) Ltd Smithy Bridge Road Littleborough OL15 0BQ

    Demolition of car sales/garage and erection of SPAR convenience store with ATM machine, car parking, external lighting, landscaping and associated works

    Decided 14 Jun 2017 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Dec 2017

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 11 Jan 2018

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Aug 2018

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 14 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Smith and Love Planning Consultants Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Preston

Active · incorporated 2013 · Preston

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Documents

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28 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Rochdale refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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