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BOWLEE PLAYING FIELDS, HEYWOOD OLD ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 4SD

Awaiting decision Rochdale PL/2026/0738 Full planning permission

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Demolition and replacement of community centre to provide Community Sports and Wellbeing Hub (Hybrid Use Class F2/E(d)) comprising community sports and wellbeing facilities; football club training and community pitches; drainage and earthworks; provision of cricket nets; with associated hard and soft landscaping, parking, storage container, lighting, enclosures and boundary treatments.

As published by the council, reference PL/2026/0738

Application record

Reference
PL/2026/0738
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
West Middleton
Parish
Middleton Township
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M24 4SD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Aug 2026

    Received by Rochdale

  2. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 October 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

62 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 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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