Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

Granted Rochdale 20/00615/FUL Full Planning Application

Works: Windows or glazing

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

Proposal

Restoration and refurbishment of Rochdale Town Hall incorporating civic spaces together with ancillary functions, including events, exhibition and interpretation spaces, upgraded bar and cafe. Works to include; glazing of Porte Cochere and tower link, new terraced access to building perimeter, external repair works, specialist repair of decorative interiors, restoration of key internal spaces and selective window replacement; new services including lifts, plant and equipment; new facilities including exhibition, toilets and storage; and associated works (Phase 2 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use)

As published by the council, reference 20/00615/FUL

Application record

Reference
20/00615/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Grant subject to conditions
Received
4 Jun 2020
Validated
4 Jun 2020
Decided
22 Sep 2020
Ward
Milkstone And Deeplish
Parish
Rochdale Township
Decision by
Delegated (subject to call up)
Postcode
OL16 1AH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rochdale register

This site has had 6 applications since 2020: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • 22/00020/VRCON Granted

    Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AH

    Section 19 application for minor material amendment to listed building consent 20/00616/LBC to revise conditions 6 and 8. Condition 6 will be amended to update the agreed Ecological Assessment. Condition 8 will be amended to provide no restriction to works during the 2022-2023 breeding seasons, on the basis that the Peregrine Falcons will not be nesting on the tower.

    Decided 18 Feb 2022 Conditions
  • 21/01705/VRCON Granted

    Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AH

    Section 73 application for minor material amendment to planning permission 20/00615/FUL to revise conditions 8 and 10. Condition 8 will be amended to update the agreed Ecological Assessment. Condition 10 will be amended to provide no restriction to works during the 2022-2023 breeding seasons, on the basis that the Peregrine Falcons will not be nesting on the tower.

    Decided 17 Feb 2022 Conditions
  • 20/00616/LBC Granted

    Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    Restoration and refurbishment of Rochdale Town Hall incorporating civic spaces together with ancillary functions, including events, exhibition and interpretation spaces, upgraded bar and café. Works to include; glazing of Porte Cochere and tower link, new terraced access to building perimeter, external repair works, specialist repair of decorative interiors, restoration of key internal spaces and selective window replacement; new services including lifts, plant and equipment; new facilities including exhibition, toilets and storage; and associated works (Phase 2 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use)

    Decided 22 Sep 2020 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 20/00576/FUL Granted

    Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    Enabling works to Rochdale Town Hall; including internal strip out, asbestos removal, structural works, installation of dry risers and a trial replacement window (Phase 1 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use).

    Decided 22 Sep 2020 Full applications
  • 20/00577/LBC Granted

    Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    Enabling works to Rochdale Town Hall; including internal strip out, asbestos removal, structural works, installation of dry risers and a trial replacement window (Phase 1 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use).

    Decided 22 Sep 2020 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Jun 2020

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 22 Sep 2020

    Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 21/01705/VRCON Granted

    Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AH

    Section 73 application for minor material amendment to planning permission 20/00615/FUL to revise conditions 8 and 10. Condition 8 will be amended to update the agreed Ecological Assessment. Condition 10 will be amended to provide no restriction to works during the 2022-2023 breeding seasons, on the basis that the Peregrine Falcons will not be nesting on the tower.

    Decided 17 Feb 2022 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in London

175 applications on PlanIndex · across 39 councils · 98% granted

Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.

See who's behind it

Documents

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

47 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Rochdale granted permission on 22 September 2020, 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    20/00616/LBC Submitted 4 Jun 2020 0m away

    Restoration and refurbishment of Rochdale Town Hall incorporating civic spaces together with ancillary functions, including events, exhibition and interpretation spaces, upgraded bar and café. Works to include; glazing of Porte Cochere and tower link, new terraced access to building perimeter, external repair works, specialist repair of decorative interiors, restoration of key internal spaces and selective window replacement; new services including lifts, plant and equipment; new facilities including exhibition, toilets and storage; and associated works (Phase 2 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use)

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 17 docs

  • Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    20/00576/FUL Submitted 27 May 2020 0m away

    Enabling works to Rochdale Town Hall; including internal strip out, asbestos removal, structural works, installation of dry risers and a trial replacement window (Phase 1 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use).

    Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 42 docs

  • Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AH

    20/00577/LBC Submitted 27 May 2020 0m away

    Enabling works to Rochdale Town Hall; including internal strip out, asbestos removal, structural works, installation of dry risers and a trial replacement window (Phase 1 of restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate the building's continued use).

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 32 docs

  • Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AH

    21/01705/VRCON Submitted 6 Dec 2021 1m away

    Section 73 application for minor material amendment to planning permission 20/00615/FUL to revise conditions 8 and 10. Condition 8 will be amended to update the agreed Ecological Assessment. Condition 10 will be amended to provide no restriction to works during the 2022-2023 breeding seasons, on the basis that the Peregrine Falcons will not be nesting on the tower.

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

  • Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AH

    22/00020/VRCON Submitted 10 Jan 2022 1m away

    Section 19 application for minor material amendment to listed building consent 20/00616/LBC to revise conditions 6 and 8. Condition 6 will be amended to update the agreed Ecological Assessment. Condition 8 will be amended to provide no restriction to works during the 2022-2023 breeding seasons, on the basis that the Peregrine Falcons will not be nesting on the tower.

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

  • Rochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AZ

    23/00084/LBC Submitted 24 Jan 2023 31m away

    Replacement and repositioning of 4no' 20th century lighting columns.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs

In Rochdale

  • PL/2026/0571 Awaiting decision

    62 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 1JP

    Conversion of first and second floors from ancillary storage and office space into three self-contained office units (Use class E(g)(i)) including alterations to shopfront with new access door and insertion of first floor windows to front and rear elevation

    4 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • PL/2025/1311 Refused

    120 HARE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL11 1JT

    Change of use from Nursing Home (Use Class C2) to Jewellers (Use Class E), part two storey part single storey side extension and alteration to fenestration

    8 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • PL/2026/0689 Awaiting decision

    2-4 BETHEL STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 1HU

    Refurbishment and conversion of the existing vacant two-storey building, including the construction of two additional floors to provide four one-bedroom apartments.

    2 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • PL/2026/0674 Awaiting decision

    4 HONITON CLOSE, HEYWOOD, OL10 2PF

    Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3(a)) to a residential care home for up to three children/young person(s) (Use Class C2)

    31 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • PL/2026/0676 Granted

    565 BURY ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 4DQ

    Shopfront alterations comprising a roller shutter, external cladding and parcel locker (retrospective)

    27 Jul 2026 Full applications