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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Royal Oldham Hospital Rochdale Road Oldham Oldham OL1 2JH
Received 10 Oct 202227 Wellmeadow Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DT
Received 10 Oct 2022600 Ashton Road Oldham Oldham OL8 3HW
Received 11 Oct 2022Phase C1(A) Land At Broadway/Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 9QR
Received 11 Oct 20226 Wellmeadow Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DX
Received 11 Oct 202285 Haven Lane Oldham OL4 2QH
Received 11 Oct 202218 - 22 Partington Street Failsworth Oldham M35 9RD
Received 11 Oct 202218 - 22 Partington Street Failsworth Oldham M35 9RD
Received 11 Oct 20229 High Street Delph Oldham OL3 5DJ
Received 12 Oct 20229 High Street Delph Oldham OL3 5DJ
Received 12 Oct 2022The Grange Springmeadow Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6HP
Received 12 Oct 202234 Violet Way Chadderton Oldham M24 2TE
Received 12 Oct 2022143 - 145 Yorkshire Street Oldham OL1 3TH
Received 12 Oct 202254 Wiltshire Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 7RY
Received 13 Oct 202229 Upland Road Oldham Oldham OL8 1BA
Received 14 Oct 2022Former Fytton Arms Inn The Green Oldham OL8 2LT
Received 14 Oct 2022121 Coleridge Road Oldham Oldham OL1 4RJ
Received 14 Oct 20222 Brownhill Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6BZ
Received 14 Oct 2022Hills Panel Products Ltd Scottfield Road Oldham Oldham OL8 1LA
Received 14 Oct 2022Land To The East Of Cobalt Way Chadderton Oldham M24 1NN
Received 14 Oct 2022Old Grey Mare Inn 331 Oldham Road Royton Oldham OL2 6AB
Received 14 Oct 202211 Edward Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7EZ
Received 14 Oct 2022Land At Green Meadow View Failsworth Oldham M35 9FG
Received 14 Oct 2022Kings Arms Oldham Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8RZ
Received 14 Oct 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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