Rochdale - Planning Applications For Development Management Procedure
What is planned?
ROCHDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
Notice is hereby given that Cubico UK Development Ltd has submitted to Rochdale Borough Council on 7th August 2025 for planning permission to carry out the following development:-
Construction and operation of 17 wind turbines with a maximum height to the tip of the blade of 180 metres (above ordnance datum), together with associated ancillary infrastructure comprising crane pads and hardstandings; new access tracks; improvement and widening works to Scout Road; onsite substation; underground electrical infrastructure and cabling; fencing and boundary treatments; external lighting; drainage infrastructure; habitat and moorland restoration works; public right of way works; landscaping; temporary construction compound and staging area; underground electrical grid connection to the Rossendale Bulk Supply Point; and associated engineering works; alongside the retention of and improvements to existing access tracks associated with the existing Scout Moor Wind Farm.
The reason for giving notice is as follows: -Major Development; Affecting the Character of a Conservation Area/Setting of a Listed Building; Departure from the Development Plan and a Public Right Of Way
The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement as required under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.
Members of the public may inspect copies of the following on our Public Access System at www.rochdale.gov.uk/planning-and-building:
• the application forms,
• the plans,
• the Environmental Statement,
• and other documents submitted with the application
Members of the public may obtain copies of the Environmental Statement from: Turley Associates, Level 5 Transmission, 6 Atherton Street, Manchester, M3 3GS at a cost of £2,152.45 (excluding delivery).
Representations can be made online, by post, or by email to development.management@rochdale.gov.uk within 30 days of the date of this publication by: 13th September 2025
Signed: Melanie Hale - Head of Planning Services
On behalf of Rochdale Borough Council
Date: 10th September 2025
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