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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Oldham Road Springhead Oldham OL4 5SR
Received 12 Dec 202248A Oldham Road Springhead Oldham OL4 5SR
Received 12 Dec 2022Vacant Site, Albert Street (opposite New Village Nursery) Lees
Received 12 Dec 2022Land Off Cherry Avenue Alt OL8 2HS
Received 12 Dec 2022293 Windsor Road Oldham OL8 1AF
Received 13 Dec 20224 Bunkers Tunstead Lane Greenfield Oldham OL3 7NY
Received 13 Dec 202216 Harrow Avenue Oldham OL8 4HZ
Received 13 Dec 20227 Parkgate Chadderton Oldham OL9 0AW
Received 12 Dec 2022201 Garforth Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 6RP
Received 13 Dec 20227 Pickmere Mews Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DL
Received 14 Dec 202256 Oldham Road Failsworth Oldham M35 0JD
Received 14 Dec 20227 Causewood Close Oldham Oldham OL4 2XA
Received 6 Dec 202217 Applewood Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UD
Received 13 Dec 202210 Shadowbrook Close Oldham OL1 2UE
Received 14 Dec 202234 Tate Street Oldham OL8 2DD
Received 15 Dec 2022Site Of Bailey Mill, Delph New Road, Delph
Received 15 Dec 2022Site Of Bailey Mill, Delph New Road, Delph
Received 15 Dec 2022114 Stanley Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 7HA
Received 15 Dec 2022Nod Farm Stables 23 Cragg Road Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RY
Received 16 Dec 202257 Tamworth Street Oldham Oldham OL9 7QY
Received 19 Dec 202256 Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HL
Received 19 Dec 202230 Denbydale Way Royton Oldham OL2 5TJ
Received 19 Dec 202223 Savoy Drive Royton Oldham OL2 5DB
Received 19 Dec 2022Adjacent New House 1 The Cottages Heathfields Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6EN
Received 20 Dec 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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