Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,095 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Atherley Grove Chadderton Oldham OL9 8DD
Received 13 Jun 2022169 Lee Street Oldham Oldham OL8 1EH
Received 13 Jun 202211 Cennick Close Oldham OL4 3BA
Received 13 Jun 2022116 Park Street Oldham Oldham OL8 1EQ
Received 13 Jun 202249 King Street Oldham OL8 1DP
Received 14 Jun 2022Land At Land At Lane Head Road Land At Lane Head Road Oldham OL4 5RR
Received 14 Jun 202274 George Street Oldham OL1 1LS
Received 14 Jun 202246 Partington Street Failsworth Oldham M35 9RE
Received 14 Jun 20226 Hereford Close Shaw Oldham OL2 7EU
Received 14 Jun 202249 Simkin Way Oldham OL8 2TH
Received 14 Jun 202255 Healds Green Chadderton Oldham OL1 2SP
Received 14 Jun 202233 Oak Road Oldham OL8 3UH
Received 13 Jun 2022Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd 3 Elk Mill Central Retail Park Broadway Royton Oldham OL2 5HX
Received 14 Jun 202282 Oxford Street Oldham OL9 7SL
Received 14 Jun 202267 The Fairways Royton Oldham Oldham OL2 6GD
Received 15 Jun 20221079 Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0NW
Received 15 Jun 202260 Holden Fold Lane Royton Oldham OL2 5BY
Received 15 Jun 20228 Miller Road Oldham Oldham OL8 4HW
Received 15 Jun 2022Land To The Rear Of 375 - 391 Ripponden Road And 2- 26 Cornhill Street Oldham Oldham
Received 15 Jun 20221 Fernlea Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QH
Received 15 Jun 202222A Eton Avenue Oldham OL8 4HR
Received 15 Jun 202239 Eustace Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 0ED
Received 16 Jun 20227 Crofts Buckstones Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8LU
Received 16 Jun 2022115 Den Lane Springhead Oldham OL4 4SG
Received 16 Jun 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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