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13 Thorn Avenue Failsworth Oldham M35 0WP

CEA/355106/25Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey side extension.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Failsworth West
Agent
Spence & Oldham Architects Ltd
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 13 Thorn Avenue Failsworth Oldham M35 0WP. Oldham has handled 132 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 11 days longer 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 0WP
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Target decision date
5 December 2025
Permission expires
2 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Spence & Oldham Architects Ltd
Architect profile
SPENCE & OLDHAM ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
25 Cosgrove Crescent Failsworth M35 0JX

Planning decision

Case officer
Aarushi Jangid
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14340028
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
10

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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