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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
256 Belgrave Road Oldham OL8 2JU
Received 27 Oct 2023Tesco Stores Ltd Featherstall Road North Oldham OL9 6BW
Received 31 Oct 2023Grass Verge Outside Premier Inn Broadway Oldham OL9 9NQ
Received 31 Oct 202347 Ferney Field Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0LU
Received 31 Oct 202325 Riverbank Dobcross Oldham OL3 5BS
Received 31 Oct 20237 Saint Phillips Drive Royton Oldham OL2 6AE
Received 1 Nov 2023Chadderton Hall Farm Chadderton Hall Road Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RJ
Received 1 Nov 2023In Grass In Front Of 32 Taylor Street ,Rear Of 36 Taylor Street Canon Tighe Court ,In The Grass At Side Of 12A Krokus Square, In The Grass Opposite 13 Ramsdale Street And In The Grass 15 Krokus Square Chadderton Oldham OL9 9HH
Received 18 Oct 2023In The Footway Of Acacia Road Adjacent To 53 Pine Tree Road Oldham OL8 3LA
Received 2 Nov 2023In The Grass Verge On Godson Street Opposite The Junction With Lily Street Downhill Close Oldham OL1 2JL
Received 2 Nov 2023In The Grass Verge Of Shaw Road On The Rear Boundary Of Number 7 Albion Gardens Close Royton Oldham
Received 2 Nov 2023In The Grass Verge Of Burnley Lane On The Opposite Side Of The Lane To Number 496/498 Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QT
Received 2 Nov 2023In The Footway Of Andrew Street Opposite The Junction With Cypress Avenue Adjacent To The Rear Car Park Of Chadderton Wellbeing Centre Chadderton Oldham
Received 2 Nov 2023In The Grass Verge Of Propps Hall Drive On The Opposite Side Of The Road To The Boundary Of 81 And 83 Failsworth Oldham
Received 2 Nov 2023105 Delph Lane Delph Oldham OL3 5UP
Received 3 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To Worsley Street Oldham OL8 2DE
Received 3 Nov 20236 Rochdale Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5SE
Received 30 Oct 202331 Richmond Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9HZ
Received 31 Oct 20233 Higher Crossbank Lees Oldham OL4 3LT
Received 3 Nov 202338 Lowside Drive Oldham OL4 1AS
Received 3 Nov 20236 Kings Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7BJ
Received 26 Oct 2023Mentone 5 Carr Lane Greenfield Oldham OL3 7BA
Received 2 Nov 202364 Brewerton Road Oldham OL4 1PH
Received 6 Nov 2023Land At Running Hill Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5JS
Received 6 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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