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Friezland Arena Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham

CEU/350777/23Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 31 May 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the continued siting of two storage containers for the storage of equipment associated with equestrian use by Oldham & District Riding Club.

Received
3 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth South
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Friezland Arena Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham. Oldham has handled 67 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 5 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 69 applications across Saddleworth South.

97% of amendment 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

Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2023
Target decision date
31 May 2023
Decision published
5 June 2023
Permission expires
31 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10. Ainley Wood Delph Oldham OL3 5HL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12060458
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ladhill LanePart of the site
  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site

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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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© 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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Source: Oldham

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