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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Wheeldale Oldham OL4 3AX
Received 27 Sept 202237 Skipton Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QA
Received 27 Sept 20223 Bobbin Walk Oldham OL4 1EY
Received 27 Sept 2022The Shay Wake 2-10 Milnrow Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8EQ
Received 27 Sept 202212 Oxford Street Oldham Oldham OL9 7SN
Received 27 Sept 2022Waterloo Street Car Park Waterloo Street Oldham OL1 1EW
Received 27 Sept 2022Peel Street Car Park Peel Street Oldham OL9 9JX
Received 27 Sept 2022Radcliffe St Precinct Car Park Radcliffe St Oldham OL2 5QR
Received 27 Sept 20223 Severn Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0PS
Received 27 Sept 202212 Byron Terrace Partington Street Failsworth Oldham M35 9EU
Received 26 Sept 202269A Clough Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4ER
Received 28 Sept 202269A Clough Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4ER
Received 28 Sept 2022Standedge Foot Road OLdham OL3 5LU
Received 23 Sept 202239 Ethel Street Oldham Oldham OL8 3EZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Gmwda Medtia Chambers 5 Barn Street Oldham Oldham OL1 1LP
Received 28 Sept 2022Royal Oldham Hospital Rochdale Road Oldham OL1 2JH
Received 29 Sept 20224 Hodge Road Oldham OL1 4JP
Received 29 Sept 2022103 - 105 Vulcan Street Oldham Oldham OL1 4LQ
Received 29 Sept 2022308 - 310 Lees Road Oldham OL4 1NZ
Received 29 Sept 2022Side Of 356 Milnrow Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8BJ
Received 23 Sept 2022Bulls Head Grains Bar Oldham OL4 2JY
Received 29 Sept 2022Land At Ashton Road West Failsworth Oldham M35 0ES
Received 30 Sept 202276 Chestnut Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 8HH
Received 30 Sept 2022First Floor 31 - 33 Milnrow Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8AP
Received 30 Sept 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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