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Land At Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

Granted Rochdale 18/01048/VRCON Application to Vary/Remove Condition

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 18/01048/VRCON

Application record

Reference
18/01048/VRCON
Type
Application to Vary/Remove Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant subject to conditions
Received
17 Sep 2018
Validated
17 Sep 2018
Decided
14 Dec 2018
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 2 applications since 2018: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 19/00092/REM Granted

    Land At Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    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.

    Decided 22 May 2019 Reserved matters

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Sep 2018

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 14 Dec 2018

    Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions

  3. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

3 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 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
  • 19/00092/REM Granted

    Land At Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    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.

    Decided 22 May 2019 Reserved matters

Documents

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

23 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Rochdale granted permission on 14 December 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 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

  • Birch Industrial Estate Whittle Lane Heywood OL10 2SX

    16/01455/OUT Submitted 5 Dec 2016 50 yards away

    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.

    Granted Outline Demolition 43 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

  • 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

In Rochdale

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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions
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    Received 30 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
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    Submission of details to comply with condition 13 (method statement) on planning permission 23/01061/FUL

    Received 24 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
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    Received 9 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
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    Received 16 Apr, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions