Former Akzo Nobel Site, Off Hollingworth Road, Littleborough

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 23/01169/ANM Granted

  Former Akzo Nobel Site, Off Hollingworth Road, Littleborough.

  Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 21/01146/FUL to the layout to the scheme involving the repositioning of plots 1, 3, 10-13, 17-18, 24-34, inclusion of detached garage to plot 18, alterations to boundary treatment and to replace solar panels/photovoltaic panels with air source heat pumps on all units

  Decided 5 Dec 2024 Amendments

1. 14 Sep 2026

   Received by Rochdale

2. 28 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 9 November 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.

• 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

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.

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.

• OTH/2026/0881 Awaiting decision

  615 Edenfield Road, Rochdale, OL11 5XE

  Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (investigation and risk assessment) on planning permission 23/01102/FUL

  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