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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4,107 approved · 538 refused · 163 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
231 Lee Street Oldham OL8 1HR
Received 24 Jun 202626 Netherhouse Road Shaw Oldham OL2 7HY
Received 23 Jun 202610 Bronville Close Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RH
Received 23 Jun 202627 Whinberry Way Oldham OL4 2NN
Received 24 Jun 2026136 Long Lane Chadderton Oldham OL9 8AZ
Received 24 Jun 20261 School House Rosary Road Oldham OL8 2RP
Received 23 Jun 2026Thornham St James C Of E Primary School Castleton Road Royton Oldham OL2 6XT
Received 17 Jun 202672 Yorkshire Street Oldham OL1 1SR
Received 25 Jun 202616 Wensleydale Close Royton Oldham OL2 5TQ
Received 25 Jun 202617 Mellor Street Lees Oldham OL4 3BS
Received 25 Jun 20266 Ceylon Street Oldham OL4 5JB
Received 25 Jun 2026184 Manchester Road Oldham OL9 7BN
Received 25 Jun 202617 Berkeley Drive Royton Oldham OL2 5BB
Received 25 Jun 2026Land At Foxdenton Lane / Lydia Becker Way Linear Park, Zone L1 Of The Broadway Green Masterplan Chadderton OL9 9QR
Received 25 Jun 202634 Hurstwood Close Oldham OL8 2XL
Received 26 Jun 2026Salem Moravian Church Lees Road Oldham OL4 3AJ
Received 26 Jun 2026Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To Moss Grove (Off Shaw Hall Bank Road) Greenfield Oldham OL3 7LD
Received 26 Jun 2026Land At Abbotsford Road, Cromford Street, Evelyn Street, And London Road
Received 26 Jun 2026Boston Street Boston Street Oldham
Received 28 May 2026Croft Street Failsworth Oldham
Received 28 May 2026Land At Prince's Gate Prince Street Oldham OL1 3TL
Received 29 Jun 20264 Cotswold Avenue Shaw Oldham OL2 7RF
Received 29 Jun 2026283 Rochdale Road Oldham OL1 2HG
Received 26 Jun 2026Records 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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