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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.
4,077 approved · 538 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Footway On South Side Of Oldham Central Union Street Oldham OL1 1PF
Received 12 May 2022Footway On South Side Of Oldham Central Union Street Oldham OL1 1PF
Received 12 May 2022Pavement Adjacent The Old Town Hall Parliament Square Oldham Oldham OL1 1RA
Received 12 May 2022Pavement Adjacent The Old Town Hall Parliament Square Oldham Oldham OL1 1RA
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 18 Yorkshire Street Oldham Oldham OL1 1QX
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 18 Yorkshire Street Oldham Oldham OL1 1QX
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 106A Huddersfield Road Oldham Oldham OL4 2AH
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 106A Huddersfield Road Oldham Oldham OL4 2AH
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 3 Rochdale Road Royton Oldham OL2 5PT
Received 12 May 2022Footway Outside 3 Rochdale Road Royton Oldham OL2 5PT
Received 12 May 2022Footway Adjacent To 12 Chadderton Precinct Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 6PP
Received 12 May 2022Footpath Adjacent 12 Chadderton Precinct Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0LJ
Received 12 May 2022Wood End House Atherton Street Springhead Oldham OL4 5TQ
Received 12 May 2022Foxdenton Strategic Site Phase R5 And R6 Land To The West Of Broadway And Milton Drive Oldham Chadderton OL9 9QS
Received 13 May 20221 Hill Close Oldham OL4 5EU
Received 13 May 2022Footway Adjacent To Werneth Park Manchester Road Oldham Oldham
Received 13 May 202270 Holly Grove Chadderton Oldham OL9 0DQ
Received 13 May 20229 High Street Delph Oldham OL3 5DJ
Received 13 May 20224 New Tame Denshaw Road Delph Oldham OL3 5TS
Received 16 May 20224 Kiln Hill Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RG
Received 16 May 202243 Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 0BT
Received 16 May 202227 Wellmeadow Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DT
Received 16 May 20229 Fir Bank Mews Fir Bank Road Royton Oldham OL2 6TU
Received 16 May 202243 Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 0BT
Received 16 May 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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