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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillcliffe Eskdale Avenue Greenfield Oldham OL3 7JH
Received 19 Mar 2025Unit 4 West End Street Oldham OL9 6AL
Received 19 Mar 2025672 Ripponden Road Oldham OL4 2LP
Received 20 Mar 2025Unit C2 Greengate Industrial Estate Greenside Way Chadderton Oldham M24 1SW
Received 20 Mar 202531 Market Street Shaw Oldham OL2 8NR
Received 20 Mar 2025878 Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 9SB
Received 20 Mar 2025182 Chamber Road Oldham OL8 4DJ
Received 20 Mar 20252 Station Street Springhead Oldham OL4 4PQ
Received 20 Mar 2025225 Copster Hill Road Oldham OL8 3DD
Received 20 Mar 202515 Thornham Old Road Royton Oldham OL2 5UN
Received 21 Mar 2025918 Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 9SB
Received 21 Mar 202511 Woodland Park Royton Oldham OL2 5UY
Received 21 Mar 202511 Seven Acres Delph Oldham OL3 5HU
Received 24 Mar 2025Carr Head Cottage Standedge Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5QN
Received 11 Mar 2025Street Bridge Inn 230 Roman Road Oldham OL8 3QH
Received 24 Mar 2025443 Milnrow Road Shaw Oldham OL2 8BU
Received 24 Mar 2025Franklin House Franklin Street Oldham OL1 2DP
Received 24 Mar 20257 Chapel Road Oldham OL8 4QQ
Received 24 Mar 2025239 Chamber Road Oldham OL8 4DW
Received 25 Mar 202530 Borrowdale Close Royton Oldham OL2 6TN
Received 25 Mar 2025Kirklea Barn Gellfield Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6LJ
Received 25 Mar 202524 Brownhill Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6BZ
Received 21 Jan 202549 Saint Thomas Street North Oldham OL8 1SF
Received 25 Mar 202547 Saint Thomas Street North Oldham OL8 1SF
Received 25 Mar 2025Records 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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