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Hafley Court - Suites 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Ground Floor), Buckley Road, Rochdale, OL12 9DJ

Awaiting decision Rochdale PL/2026/0595 Change of use

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

Proposal

Part change of use of ground floor – Suites 1 – 4 from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to a dual use (flexible change of use) Class F1 (Learning and non-residential Institutions) – F1a – for the provision of education and Class E - (Commercial, Business and Service) for a period of 10 years

As published by the council, reference PL/2026/0595

Application record

Reference
PL/2026/0595
Type
Change of use
Status
Under Consultation
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Healey
Parish
Rochdale North Township
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
OL12 9DJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Consultation

    Previously Valid.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 September 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

10 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 full applications in a median of 70 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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