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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Stafford Street Oldham OL9 7DL
Received 12 Aug 2024Hotel Smokies Park Ashton Road Oldham OL8 3HX
Received 12 Aug 2024Owd Tatts Butler Green Chadderton Oldham OL9 8NQ
Received 12 Aug 202430 College Avenue Oldham OL8 4DS
Received 12 Aug 20241 Ferndale Close Oldham OL4 5NL
Received 13 Aug 202430 Warren Lane Oldham OL8 2JE
Received 13 Aug 2024Land Off Haven Lane Haven Lane Moorside Oldham
Received 13 Aug 202474 Park Lane Royton Oldham OL2 6RE
Received 13 Aug 2024Foundry Street Oldham OL8 1FR
Received 13 Aug 20241A Enfield Avenue Oldham OL8 3DW
Received 14 Aug 2024254A Shaw Road Royton Oldham OL2 6NZ
Received 14 Aug 2024123 Furness Avenue Oldham OL8 2EB
Received 14 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To Moss Grove (Off Shaw Hall Bank Road) Greenfield Oldham OL3 7LD
Received 14 Aug 202448 Tandlewood Park Royton Oldham OL2 5UZ
Received 15 Aug 2024Land East Of Albert Street Hollinwood Oldham OL8 3QR
Received 15 Aug 2024Land To The North Of Salmon Fields And South Of Turf Lane Royton Oldham
Received 15 Aug 2024The Brian Clarke Academy Booth St Oldham OL9 6EF
Received 15 Aug 2024Platts Yard Rear Of 33 High Street Uppermill Oldham OL3 6HS
Received 9 Aug 202410 Victoria Terrace Albert Street Royton Oldham OL2 5UQ
Received 15 Aug 2024267 Broadway Chadderton Oldham OL9 8RR
Received 16 Aug 202414 Park Lane Greenfield Oldham OL3 7DX
Received 16 Aug 2024116 Birch Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QU
Received 16 Aug 2024Unit 4, Oldham Broadway Business Park Broadgate Chadderton Oldham OL9 9XA
Received 16 Aug 2024Derker - Land Off Cromwell St, London Rd, Evelyn St & Abbotsford Rd Manchester OL1 4LG
Received 16 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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