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16 Mersey Road North Failsworth Oldham M35 9FF

CEA/355882/26Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of lawful application for a proposed rear dormer.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Failsworth East
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 16 Mersey Road North Failsworth Oldham M35 9FF. Oldham has handled 132 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 9FF
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026
Permission expires
11 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
William McCall
Architect profile
WILLIAM MCCALL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Post Room 34 Chew Valley Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14772642
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Mar

    Certificate of lawful application for a proposed rear dormer.

    This applicationApprovedOutlineCEA/355882/26
  2. 2026
    16 Mar

    Single storey rear extension Length - 2.7m Max Height - 3.6m Height to Eaves - 2.7m

    ApprovedPermitted Development (HH)Filed alongsidePDE/355883/26

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