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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,008 approved · 526 refused · 156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 2017 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Aspull Catering Equipment Ltd Milton Street Royton Oldham OL2 6QU
Received 4 Mar 202245 Fern Street Oldham Oldham OL8 1SH
Received 4 Mar 2022Dog Hill Buckstones Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8LD
Received 24 Feb 2022100 Schofield Street Oldham Oldham OL8 1QJ
Received 25 Feb 2022Aldi Greenfield Lane Shaw Oldham OL2 8RH
Received 4 Mar 2022Vernon Works High Barn Street Royton Oldham OL2 6RN
Received 4 Mar 2022Side Of 52 Lewisham Close Royton Oldham OL2 5YD
Received 1 Mar 202243 Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 0BT
Received 4 Mar 20222 Springclough Drive Oldham OL8 2XA
Received 5 Mar 202213 Kershaw Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9PU
Received 6 Mar 20227 Strawberry Lane Lydgate Oldham OL5 0RL
Received 6 Mar 2022Carr House Standedge Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5NB
Received 7 Mar 2022Land Off Middleton Road (rear Of 867-877 Middleton Road) Oldham
Received 7 Mar 2022Bentfield Industrial Units Stockfield Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 9LL
Received 7 Mar 202222 Chadderton Fold Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RR
Received 4 Mar 2022378 Manchester Road Oldham OL9 7PG
Received 7 Mar 2022Back O Th Lee Cottage Ward Lane Diggle Oldham OL3 5JX
Received 8 Mar 2022152 Chew Valley Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7DD
Received 8 Mar 20221 Elderwood Chadderton Oldham OL9 9TP
Received 8 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To 69 Brierley Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 6RR
Received 8 Mar 20227 Glazedale Avenue Royton Oldham OL2 5TS
Received 8 Mar 202215 Stoneleigh Road Springhead Oldham OL4 4BH
Received 8 Mar 2022Land To The Rear Of 27-49 Brunswick Street Shaw Oldham
Received 9 Mar 20224 Stockport Road Lydgate Oldham
Received 8 Mar 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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