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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.
4,088 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Eton Avenue Oldham Oldham OL8 4HQ
Received 24 May 20227 Rush Hill Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6JD
Received 24 May 2022148 Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HZ
Received 24 May 202214 Consort Avenue Royton Oldham OL2 5SE
Received 25 May 202215 Elderwood Chadderton Oldham OL9 9TP
Received 25 May 2022Former Natwest Bank Mumps Oldham OL1 3TL
Received 25 May 2022Former Natwest Bank Mumps Oldham OL1 3TL
Received 25 May 20226 Starting Chair Doctor Lane Scouthead Oldham OL4 4AB
Received 25 May 2022Police Station Broadgate Chadderton Oldham
Received 25 May 20227 Rhodes Avenue Lees Oldham OL4 5DU
Received 25 May 20226 Rydal Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QU
Received 25 May 2022Oldham Central Masjid And Islamic Centre Featherstall Road North Oldham Oldham OL9 6BX
Received 25 May 20226 Vale Drive Oldham OL9 6TH
Received 25 May 2022Knarr Mill Holdings Knarr Mill Oldham Road Delph Oldham
Received 25 May 202229 Thornley Park Road Grotton Oldham OL4 5QT
Received 25 May 2022Burnedge Bent Farm Burnedge Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EB
Received 25 May 2022103 Frederick Street Oldham OL8 1RD
Received 25 May 20223 Lineholme Royton Oldham OL2 5DN
Received 26 May 20222 Alderwood Fold Lees Oldham OL4 5RW
Received 26 May 202224 Thorpe Lane Austerlands Oldham OL4 3QW
Received 26 May 20222 Belgian Terrace Royton Oldham OL2 6EA
Received 20 May 202226 Woods Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5AN
Received 20 May 2022Top O'th Scar Farm Buckstones Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8LJ
Received 26 May 2022470 Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QS
Received 27 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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