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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.
4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Neath Street Oldham OL9 6AS
Received 12 Jul 2022Land Off Meek Street Royton
Received 11 Jul 2022Ivy Mill Crown Street Failsworth Oldham M35 9BG
Received 12 Jul 2022Grass Verge Between Broadway And Burnley Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QR
Received 6 Jul 2022Side Of 1 Noon Sun Close Greenfield Oldham OL3 7JA
Received 7 Jul 202217 Fourth Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 8PG
Received 11 Jul 2022Land On Beever St Oldham OL1 3TD
Received 12 Jul 202221 Delph New Road Dobcross Oldham OL3 5BA
Received 12 Jul 202261 Parkway Chadderton Oldham OL9 0AP
Received 12 Jul 2022Pennine House Denton Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 8PU
Received 13 Jul 2022Land At Former Byron Street Club Byron Street Oldham OL8 4QT
Received 13 Jul 202236 Healds Green Chadderton Oldham OL1 2SP
Received 13 Jul 2022130 Huddersfield Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5NU
Received 13 Jul 202265 Wellmeadow Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DU
Received 14 Jul 202212 New Road Oldham OL8 1AY
Received 14 Jul 2022Side Of 60 Elm Road Oldham Oldham OL8 3JY
Received 8 Jul 202222 Carr Lane Greenfield Oldham OL3 7AX
Received 14 Jul 2022Land To The Rear 2 Onchan Avenue Oldham Oldham OL4 1BJ
Received 7 Jul 202226-36 Wells Road Oldham Oldham OL1 4RA
Received 5 Jul 202262 Carr House Road Springhead Oldham OL4 4NW
Received 14 Jul 2022Land At Broadway Green Business Park Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham
Received 15 Jul 20227 Harold Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0BT
Received 15 Jul 202219 Prince Edward Avenue Oldham Oldham OL4 3EE
Received 15 Jul 2022Land Off Hale Lane/Hughes Close Failsworth Manchester M35 0EF
Received 15 Jul 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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