Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Harton Close Shaw Oldham OL2 7HB
Received 12 Dec 20233 Lichens Crescent Oldham OL8 2NS
Received 12 Dec 20239 Kestrel Avenue Oldham OL4 5HQ
Received 12 Dec 2023Hillside Barn New Dale Farm Standedge Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5NB
Received 13 Dec 202322 Skipton Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QA
Received 13 Dec 20232 Bentcliffe Mossley Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HH
Received 13 Dec 2023Snipe Inn 29 - 31 Henshaw Street Oldham OL1 1NH
Received 13 Dec 2023Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
Received 13 Dec 2023Land At Westway Shaw Oldham OL2 8TB
Received 13 Dec 20233 Devonport Crescent Royton Oldham OL2 6JX
Received 13 Dec 2023Land Off Rosary Road (Parcel A) And Land Off Hill Farm Close (Parcel B), Fitton Hill, Oldham
Received 13 Dec 2023132 Ashton Road Oldham OL8 1QT
Received 14 Dec 202326 College Avenue Oldham OL8 4DS
Received 14 Dec 202327 Hannerton Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8HT
Received 14 Dec 20238 Ingleby Close Shaw Oldham OL2 7YH
Received 14 Dec 20231073 Huddersfield Road Austerlands Oldham OL4 4AG
Received 14 Dec 20231 Manchester Road Oldham OL8 4AU
Received 14 Dec 2023251 Block Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 7QA
Received 15 Dec 202344 Saint Thomas Street North Oldham OL8 1SF
Received 15 Dec 202341 Ridgewood Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UX
Received 15 Dec 202325 Cranbrook Street Oldham OL4 1PU
Received 18 Dec 2023Drury Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 7PT
Received 29 Nov 2023Opposite 143 Huddersfield Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5NU
Received 30 Nov 2023Tommyfield Inn Henshaw Street Oldham OL1 1NJ
Received 30 Nov 2023Records 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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