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Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, Littleborough

Awaiting decision Rochdale 25/00513/DOC Approval of details reserved by a condition

Relates to 21/01146/FUL

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Submission of details to comply with condition 16 (remediation and verification) on planning permission 21/01146/FUL

As published by the council, reference 25/00513/DOC

Application record

Reference
25/00513/DOC
Type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Status
Under Consultation
Received
20 May 2025
Validated
20 May 2025
Ward
Littleborough Lakeside
Parish
Pennines Township
Decision by
Fully Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rochdale register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/01146/FUL Granted

    Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, Littleborough

    Residential development - erection of up to 127 residential dwellings including new vehicular access points, footpaths, cycle paths, boundaries, landscaping, creation of open space, a pumping station and other associated works

    Decided 3 Apr 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 May 2025

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Rochdale took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 21/01146/FUL Granted

    Former Akzo Nobel Site, Hollingworth Road, Littleborough

    Residential development - erection of up to 127 residential dwellings including new vehicular access points, footpaths, cycle paths, boundaries, landscaping, creation of open space, a pumping station and other associated works

    Decided 3 Apr 2023 Full applications

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Watson Batty Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Leeds

Active · incorporated 1994 · Leeds

74 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 98% granted

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Documents

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

27 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Rochdale for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rochdale decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 83 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

In Rochdale

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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0603 Granted

    Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Campus, St Marys Gate, Rochdale, OL12 6RY

    Submission of details to comply with condition 19 (archaeological works) on planning permission 25/00541/FUL

    Received 30 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0575 Granted

    BANK TOP FARM, HOLLINGWORTH ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0AU

    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
  • OTH/2026/0526 Granted

    THE SMITHYBRIDGE, SMITHY BRIDGE ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0DY

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 12 (remediation measures) and 15 (noise levels) on planning permission 25/00360/VRCON

    Received 9 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0349 Granted

    Land at Whitworth Road (Dunelm) Car Park, Whitworth Road, Rochdale, OL12 0TY

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 4 (Verification Report), 8 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 9 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 10 (Boundary Treatments), 11 (Cycle Storage), 12 (Litter and Recycling Bins) and 17 (External Lighting Scheme) of planning permission 24/01251/VRCON

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