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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
817 Ripponden Road Oldham OL4 2LA
Received 14 Mar 2024Wm Morrison Supermarkets Tweedale Way Chadderton Oldham OL9 7LD
Received 14 Mar 2024Wm Morrison Supermarkets Tweedale Way Chadderton Oldham OL9 7LD
Received 14 Mar 2024Jericho Lodge Medlock Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9NR
Received 14 Mar 2024125 Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7HH
Received 15 Mar 202436 Delph Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5RY
Received 15 Mar 2024Land To The North Side Of Access Road Leading To Laureates Place Off Woodbrook Road Springhead Oldham OL4 4BS
Received 15 Mar 2024Snipe Inn 29 - 31 Henshaw Street Oldham OL1 1NH
Received 13 Mar 202411 Radcliffe Road Oldham OL4 2NR
Received 18 Mar 2024Knoll Mill Wellington Road Greenfield Oldham
Received 18 Mar 20241 Woodfield Centre Oldham OL8 4ER
Received 18 Mar 202417 Cathedral Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0AY
Received 19 Mar 20242 Grove Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6JR
Received 19 Mar 202442 Ridgewood Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UX
Received 19 Mar 2024Land Off Rosary Road (Parcel A) Oldham Fitton Hill
Received 19 Mar 2024Dovestone Holiday Park Chew Valley Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7NF
Received 19 Mar 202421 Hertfordshire Park Close Shaw Oldham OL2 7YP
Received 19 Mar 202426 Harold Street Oldham OL9 6BB
Received 19 Mar 202429 Lowside Drive Oldham OL4 1AS
Received 19 Mar 202450 Minton Street Oldham OL4 1RX
Received 19 Mar 2024Footway Opposite 49 And 51 Clive Road Failsworth Oldham M35 0NN
Received 20 Mar 2024Phase R4 Foxdenton Strategic Site Land North Of Foxdenton Lane Oldham Chadderton OL9 9QS
Received 20 Mar 2024103 Broadway Chadderton Oldham OL9 0EL
Received 20 Mar 2024Marlborough Mill Ridgefield Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0HT
Received 20 Mar 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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