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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.
4,102 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Kiln Hill Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RG
Received 16 Jun 2022Oldham Waste Water Treatment Works The Causeway Chadderton Oldham OL9 9XP
Received 16 Jun 20221 Bredon Way Oldham OL8 3WL
Received 16 Jun 20229 Ridings Court Dobcross Oldham OL3 5BD
Received 17 Jun 202284 Oxford Street Oldham OL9 7SL
Received 21 Jun 202222 Merton Grove Chadderton Oldham OL9 9PQ
Received 21 Jun 20228 Werneth Hall Road Oldham OL8 4BA
Received 21 Jun 2022Oak House Beal Lane Shaw Oldham OL2 8PB
Received 16 Jun 2022Dryclough Manor Shaw Road Royton Oldham OL2 6DA
Received 21 Jun 20229 Lowcroft Crescent Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UU
Received 22 Jun 202210 Herons Reach Greenfield Oldham OL3 7FU
Received 22 Jun 202233 Huddersfield Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5SB
Received 20 Jun 2022Stock Brook Off Dairy Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 9HA
Received 21 Jun 202242 Rochdale Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7SA
Received 22 Jun 20221 Kilnbrook Close Grotton Oldham OL4 5TT
Received 22 Jun 2022264 Block Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 7QB
Received 22 Jun 202220 Saffron Drive Oldham OL4 2PU
Received 23 Jun 202255 Delph New Road Delph Oldham OL3 5BY
Received 23 Jun 2022KFC Sisson Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0FF
Received 23 Jun 2022KFC Sisson Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0FF
Received 23 Jun 202223 Cemetery Road Royton Oldham OL2 5SW
Received 23 Jun 2022210 Ashton Road Oldham OL8 1QN
Received 23 Jun 2022Land At Flint Street Oldham Oldham
Received 23 Jun 2022Hollinwood Academy Roman Road Failsworth Oldham OL8 3PT
Received 23 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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