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794 Oldham Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9NY

CBS2D/355290/25COU Comm/Bus/Serv to Dwelling HouseApproved

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Vacant Bank (Class E) to 7no. 1-bedroom flats (Class C3)

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Failsworth East
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 69 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 794 Oldham Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9NY. Oldham has handled 2,103 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Failsworth East. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
M35 9NY
Application type
COU Comm/Bus/Serv to Dwelling House
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation end
1 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 December 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026
Permission expires
12 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HAD & Co
Agent address
Unit 3 Salisbury House St Stephen Street Salford M3 6AX

Planning decision

Case officer
Abiola Labisi
Statutory period
64 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14450651
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Oldham

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