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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Hawkshead Drive Royton Oldham OL2 6TW
Received 22 Dec 2023Land At Broadway Green Business Park Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham
Received 22 Dec 2023Land At Broadway Green Business Park Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham
Received 22 Dec 2023Land At Broadway Green Business Park Lydia Becker Way Chadderton Oldham
Received 22 Dec 202358 Howgill Crescent Oldham OL8 3WA
Received 22 Dec 202341 Gibraltar Street Oldham OL4 5HN
Received 22 Dec 2023137 Denbydale Way Royton Oldham OL2 5TE
Received 22 Dec 2023Land At Snipe Clough Oldham
Received 27 Dec 2023Foundry Street Oldham OL8 1FR
Received 27 Dec 20239 Langley Avenue Grotton Oldham OL4 5RA
Received 27 Dec 2023216A - 218A Ashton Road Oldham OL8 1QN
Received 23 Dec 2023Proposed Health And Wellbeing Centre Westway Shaw Oldham OL2 8TB
Received 22 Dec 2023Opposite 46 Rydal Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QU
Received 11 Dec 2023Side Of 1 Lynmouth Close And Side Of 1 Honiton Close Chadderton Oldham
Received 12 Dec 2023Side Of 89 Fir Bank Road Royton Oldham OL2 6TU
Received 12 Dec 2023Side Of Saint Marys Energy Centre Henshaw Street And Rear Of 16 Unsworth Way Oldham
Received 14 Dec 2023Julian House Henshaw Street Oldham OL1 3BY
Received 15 Dec 202319 Beech Hill Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4DR
Received 27 Dec 202365 Denbydale Way Royton Oldham OL2 5TN
Received 27 Dec 2023Hopkinson And Hopwood Mossdown Road Royton Oldham OL2 6HS
Received 28 Dec 2023Land At Vaughan Street/Oldham Road/Broadway Royton Oldham
Received 28 Dec 202314 Thorncliffe Avenue Royton Oldham OL2 5RZ
Received 28 Dec 202378 Chadderton Way Oldham OL1 2EF
Received 2 Jan 20242 Hardman Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 7PD
Received 3 Jan 2024Records 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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