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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phase 4 Foxdenton Strategic Site Land North Of Foxdenton Lane Oldham Chadderton OL9 9QS
Received 8 May 202458 Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7HJ
Received 8 May 2024Land At Knowls Lane Lees Oldham
Received 8 May 202411 Church Lane Oldham OL1 3AN
Received 8 May 202411 Church Lane Oldham OL1 3AN
Received 8 May 2024Chadderton A F C Ltd Andrew Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 0JT
Received 9 May 2024205 Garforth Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 6RP
Received 9 May 2024269 - 271 Featherstall Road North Oldham OL1 2NJ
Received 9 May 2024483 Manchester Road Oldham OL8 3RB
Received 9 May 20245 The Lows Oldham OL4 1AQ
Received 10 May 202410 Penthorpe Drive Royton Oldham OL2 6JL
Received 10 May 20248 Owler Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 9PA
Received 10 May 2024151 Windsor Road Oldham OL8 1RG
Received 10 May 2024Barlows Garage Union Street West Oldham
Received 10 May 202412 Attock Close Chadderton Oldham OL9 7BP
Received 10 May 202417 Prospect Road Oldham OL9 6LH
Received 13 May 202413 Grasmere Road Oldham OL4 1NG
Received 13 May 202448 Tandlewood Park Royton Oldham OL2 5UZ
Received 13 May 20241 Spurn Lane Diggle Oldham OL3 5PG
Received 13 May 202448 Stott Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0JP
Received 14 May 202424 Woodlea Chadderton Oldham OL9 9UT
Received 14 May 2024109 Turf Pit Lane Oldham OL4 2ND
Received 14 May 202411 Eustace Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 0DZ
Received 14 May 20244 Elm Way Chadderton Oldham OL9 7FL
Received 14 May 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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