4A Hobson Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0JH
Approved on 12 October 2023
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawful development for the use of a dwellinghouse for up to 2 staff members living as a single household & the use, by one resident, for the purpose of running a virtual Private Hire company, via a computer or telephone, with no signage, customers/ staff / public/ drivers visiting the property or taxi vehicles located, based, parked or waiting at or near the property
- Received
- 18 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Failsworth West
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 4A Hobson Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0JH. Oldham has handled 132 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Failsworth West. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 postcode area.
95% of outline applications at Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- M35 0JH
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 12 October 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1st Floor, Kennedy House 31 Stamford Street Altrincham WA14 1ES United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
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© 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.
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