Planning application
3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to fell 4 Ash and works to 2 Sycamore trees within Hollingworth Fold Conservation Area
As published by the council, reference 18/00236/WTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 18/00236/WTCA
- Type
- Works to Trees-Con Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objection
- Received
- 5 Mar 2018
- Validated
- 21 Mar 2018
- Decided
- 28 Mar 2018
- Ward
- Littleborough Lakeside
- Parish
- Pennines Township
- Decision by
- Delegated (subject to call up)
- Postcode
- OL15 0AQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Rochdale register
This site has had 5 applications since 2018: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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19/00612/HOUS Granted
3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
Installation of domestic air source heat pump system including an acoustic wall - Resubmission of 18/01427/HOUS
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18/01427/HOUS Withdrawn
3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
Removal of a biomass heating system to replace with air source heating system
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18/01430/LBC Withdrawn
3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
Listed Building Consent for the removal of a biomass heating system to replace with air source heating system
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18/01192/LBC Withdrawn
3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
Internal refurbishment of ground floor following fire damage and installation of replacement window on the south east elevation
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2018
Received by Rochdale
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21 Mar 2018
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Mar 2018
Decision issued: No Objection
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13 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Rochdale granted permission on 28 March 2018, 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 tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AQ
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Withdrawn Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs
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OTH/2026/0743 Granted
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OTH/2026/0901 Awaiting decision
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