Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Lacrosse Avenue Oldham OL8 4LU
Received 2 Jul 2024Derker - Land Off Cromwell St, London Rd, Evelyn St & Abbotsford Rd Manchester OL1 4LG
Received 2 Jul 202465 Turfland Avenue Royton Oldham OL2 6EN
Received 2 Jul 202453 Manley Road Oldham OL8 1AS
Received 2 Jul 2024Owd Tatts Butler Green Chadderton Oldham OL9 8NQ
Received 2 Jul 2024Land To The Rear Of 101 To 171 Belgrave Road Hathershaw Oldham OL8 2JT
Received 2 Jul 2024Premier Inn Oldham Central Westwood Leisure Park Chadderton Way Oldham OL1 2NA
Received 2 Jul 20249 Finsbury Close Oldham OL8 2JW
Received 3 Jul 2024Land At Corner Of Lansdowne Road And Arkwright Street Oldham OL9 9EG
Received 3 Jul 2024Public Toilets King George V Playing Fields Wade Row Uppermill Oldham OL3 6BF
Received 3 Jul 20242 Station Lane Grotton Oldham OL4 5QY
Received 3 Jul 202449 Grove Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6JJ
Received 28 Jun 2024Land At Albert Street, Hollinwood
Received 3 Jul 2024Gable 1 Crompton Way Shaw Oldham OL2 8RD
Received 3 Jul 202451 Dowry Street Oldham OL8 2LP
Received 3 Jul 2024322 Moston Lane East Manchester M40 3HZ
Received 4 Jul 202426 Healds Green Chadderton Oldham OL1 2SP
Received 4 Jul 202431 - 33 Milnrow Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8AP
Received 5 Jul 2024Land Adjacent To 204 Godson Street Oldham OL1 2JX
Received 5 Jul 2024Derker - Land Off Cromwell St, London Rd, Evelyn St & Abbotsford Rd Manchester OL1 4LG
Received 8 Jul 20242 Saffron Drive Oldham OL4 2PU
Received 8 Jul 202439 King Street Oldham OL8 1DP
Received 8 Jul 2024Fleet Solutions Ltd Green Street Oldham OL8 1TA
Received 8 Jul 2024378 Hollins Road Oldham OL8 3BE
Received 9 Jul 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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