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3 Higher Crossbank Lees Oldham OL4 3LT

CEA/351874/23Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the property to be used as a care home for up to 6 young adults with up to 3 support staff.

Received
3 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth West And Lees
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at 3 Higher Crossbank Lees Oldham OL4 3LT. Oldham has handled 132 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks 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 41 applications across Saddleworth West And Lees. We hold 366 applications in total for the OL4 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
OL4 3LT
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2023
Target decision date
29 December 2023
Permission expires
21 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12553931
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
11

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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