Planning application
Saxon Street, Middleton, M24 2AD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Request for Tree Preservation Order on one Beech Tree
As published by the council, reference OTH/2026/0247
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2026/0247
- Type
- Request for Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- East Middleton
- Parish
- Middleton Township
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M24 2AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Rochdale
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 May 2026, 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 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.
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Open the documentsWhat 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 tree works applications in a median of 48 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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OTH/2026/0687 Awaiting decision
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OTH/2026/0619 Refused
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OTH/2026/0625 Granted
ASHES FARM, ASHES LANE, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 3TN
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OTH/2026/0761 Awaiting decision
2 THE HARRIDGE, ROCHDALE, OL12 7UX
Application for works to seven trees subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO012 consisting of crown reduction of Beech trees T1 & T2, crown reduction of sycamore trees T1,T2, T3 & T5 and fell and remove T4 sycamore tree
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OTH/2026/0743 Granted
6 OAKLEY WAY, WARDLE, ROCHDALE, WARDLE, OL12 9DY
Request to crown lift by 4.5 metres and crown thin up to 20% of 1 No. protected Sycamore Tree identified as T69 within TPO259