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58 Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7HJ

CEA/354331/25Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 August 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed detached hobby workshop on existing hardstanding

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth South
Agent
Wildesign Ltd
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 133 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at 58 Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7HJ. Oldham has handled 132 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 12 weeks 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 69 applications across Saddleworth South. We hold 483 applications in total for the OL3 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
OL3 7HJ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 April 2025
Target decision date
24 August 2025
Permission expires
29 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wildesign Ltd
Architect profile
WILDESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
87 Church Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Brian Smith
Statutory period
128 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13878157
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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