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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oldham Bus Depot Wallshaw Street Oldham OL1 3UW
Received 17 Dec 20252 Leaside Avenue Chadderton Oldham OL1 2QZ
Received 17 Dec 202517 The Meadows Grotton Oldham OL4 4LR
Received 17 Dec 202512 Harden Hills Shaw Oldham OL2 8NE
Received 17 Dec 202511 Wetherby Drive Royton Oldham OL2 5SZ
Received 18 Dec 202516 Brownhill Lane Uppermill Oldham OL3 6BZ
Received 18 Dec 2025184 - 188 Union Street Oldham OL1 1EN
Received 19 Dec 202510 - 12 Yorkshire Street Oldham OL1 1QT
Received 19 Dec 202510 - 12 Yorkshire Street Oldham OL1 1QT
Received 19 Dec 2025Hyundai Oldham Rochdale Road Oldham OL1 2DY
Received 19 Dec 20252 Brow Top Friezland Lane Greenfield Oldham OL3 7EY
Received 19 Dec 2025At The Side Of 15 Harcourt Street Oldham OL1 4DS
Received 21 Nov 2025Lees Brook Mill Lees Road Oldham OL4 5JL
Received 21 Nov 2025The Sycamore Holly Grove Farm Ward Lane Diggle Oldham OL3 5JW
Received 19 Dec 2025290 Roundthorn Road Oldham OL4 5LJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Greenside Way Chadderton Oldham M24 1RX
Received 27 Nov 2025288 Roundthorn Road Oldham OL4 5LJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Side Of 370 Ashton Road East Failsworth Oldham M35 9HF
Received 28 Nov 2025130 Foxdenton Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 9QR
Received 19 Dec 2025Opp 57 Linney Lane Shaw Oldham OL2 8HB
Received 9 Dec 2025Head Of The Heys Farm Cinder Hill Lane Chadderton Oldham OL1 2SS
Received 22 Dec 20256 Bath Street Oldham OL9 7QX
Received 23 Dec 2025Hardman Street Failsworth M35 0BD
Received 23 Dec 2025Unit 8 Failsworth Industrial Estate Morton Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0BN
Received 23 Dec 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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