Planning application
Land at Bamford Mews, Off Norden Road, Bamford, OL11 5NX
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of retirement living community comprising 49 retirement apartments (category 2 type accommodation), associated communal facilities, landscaping and car parking together with 18 retirement bungalows.
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/1199
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/1199
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Bamford
- Parish
- Rochdale South Township
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OL11 5NX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Rochdale
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 March 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
48 documents on file for this application
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