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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Netherhouse Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7HY
Received 1 Aug 2024119 Chadderton Hall Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 0QP
Received 1 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To Junction 22 Business Park Tweedale Way Chadderton Oldham OL9 7LD
Received 1 Aug 202446 Burnedge Fold Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4EE
Received 2 Aug 20249 Woodland Park Royton Oldham OL2 5UY
Received 2 Aug 2024Foundry Street Oldham OL8 1FR
Received 5 Aug 2024Unit 1 Jardine Way Chadderton Oldham OL9 9QL
Received 5 Aug 2024805A Ripponden Road Oldham OL1 4SQ
Received 6 Aug 2024133 Broadway Chadderton Oldham OL9 0EL
Received 6 Aug 2024191 Frederick Street Oldham OL8 4DH
Received 6 Aug 202412 Ravenstones Drive Diggle Oldham OL3 5JU
Received 7 Aug 2024Land At Rutland Mill Linney Lane Shaw
Received 7 Aug 2024Saint Thomas Church Church Street Delph Oldham OL3 5DR
Received 7 Aug 202433 Huddersfield Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5SB
Received 7 Aug 202433 Selkirk Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 8AD
Received 7 Aug 2024Land Off Haven Lane Moorside Oldham OL4 2QH
Received 9 Aug 20245 Dorset Road Failsworth Oldham M35 0NG
Received 9 Aug 2024120 Hadfield Street Oldham OL8 3EE
Received 9 Aug 2024Oak Field Rochdale Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7JA
Received 9 Aug 202463 Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4JE
Received 9 Aug 202413 Buckley Street Uppermill Oldham OL3 6BP
Received 9 Aug 2024O/S 28 Kingsley Drive Lees Oldham OL4 3JW
Received 26 Jul 2024Hotel Smokies Park Ashton Road Oldham OL8 3HX
Received 12 Aug 202439 Penryn Avenue Royton Oldham OL2 6JJ
Received 12 Aug 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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