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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Chestnut Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 8HH
Received 22 Dec 2023103 Broadway Chadderton Oldham OL9 0EL
Received 11 Jan 2024Land At Broadway Green Business Park Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham
Received 12 Jan 2024East Crompton St James C Of E Junior School Salts Street Shaw Oldham OL2 7TD
Received 12 Jan 2024St Thomas C Of E Primary School Coleridge Road Oldham OL1 4RL
Received 12 Jan 2024Rear Of 7 - 29 Bath Street And Rear Of 37 - 51 Tamworth Street Oldham OL9 7QY
Received 12 Jan 202433 Huddersfield Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5SB
Received 19 Dec 202349 Eastbourne Street Oldham OL8 2BZ
Received 20 Dec 2023334 Manchester Street Oldham OL9 6HQ
Received 15 Jan 2024Higher House Cottage Thurston Clough Road Delph Oldham OL3 5RE
Received 15 Jan 2024Land Off Haven Lane Moorside Oldham OL4 2QH
Received 15 Jan 2024Saint Theresas Rc Primary School Whetstone Hill Road Oldham OL1 4NA
Received 15 Jan 202482 Farm Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0JT
Received 16 Jan 202417 Tandlewood Park Royton Oldham OL2 5UZ
Received 16 Jan 202417 Church Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7LQ
Received 16 Jan 202427 Burnedge Fold Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EE
Received 16 Jan 202420 Dalston Avenue Failsworth Oldham M35 9LH
Received 16 Jan 202488, 92, 96, 98 Trafalgar Street Oldham Oldham OL1 2HN
Received 4 Jan 202477 Trafalgar Street Oldham Oldham OL1 2HN
Received 4 Jan 2024108 Trafalgar Street Oldham OL1 2HN
Received 15 Jan 2024121 Trafalgar Street Oldham Oldham OL1 2HN
Received 4 Jan 202478 And 80 Trafalgar Street Oldham OL1 2HN
Received 4 Jan 202469 Trafalgar Street Oldham OL1 2HW
Received 4 Jan 202435, 37, 41 Mitchell Street Oldham Oldham OL1 2HQ
Received 4 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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