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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4,088 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Poppy Road Oldham Oldham OL1 3FT
Received 27 May 2022103 Frederick Street Oldham OL8 1RD
Received 27 May 2022Mill View Lynwood Drive Oldham OL4 3HL
Received 24 May 2022122A Rochdale Road Oldham Oldham OL1 1NT
Received 27 May 202232 Merton Avenue Oldham Oldham OL8 4JE
Received 27 May 202235 Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4JD
Received 27 May 202264 Bullcote Green Royton Oldham OL2 6NJ
Received 24 May 2022Shaw Dist Centrez Linney Lane Shaw Oldham OL2 8HF
Received 27 May 202224 Cheviots Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7QS
Received 27 May 202240 Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2PW
Received 27 May 20226 Wyndale Drive Failsworth Oldham M35 0PY
Received 28 May 20228 Woodlea Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UT
Received 28 May 202231 Hollinhall Street Oldham Oldham OL4 3EJ
Received 28 May 202221 Beech Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EP
Received 29 May 2022Over 108-110 Yorkshire Street Oldham Oldham OL1 1ST
Received 29 May 202297 Mather Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0DS
Received 30 May 20221 Marfield Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 8PN
Received 30 May 2022119 Chadderton Hall Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QP
Received 30 May 202236 Goodwood Drive Oldham OL1 4TB
Received 30 May 202272 Kew Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9LD
Received 30 May 20224 Old School House Starting Chair Doctor Lane Scouthead Oldham OL4 4AD
Received 30 May 2022Kl Transport Ltd. Milne Street Oldham OL1 4BA
Received 30 May 202222-24 Green Meadow View Failsworth Oldham M35 9FG
Received 30 May 2022334 Hollinwood Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 9NQ
Received 30 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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