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2 Westfield Drive Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HT

CEU/354972/25Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 28 October 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of stone garden wall which is inboard of applicants boundary line - adjacent to driveway. Installation of tarmac driveway and associated surface water drainage which has been connected into the existing on site combined drainage system utilising existing manhole locations. The works are in association with previous householder application approval: HOU/347357/21.

Received
20 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth South
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 69 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Westfield Drive Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HT. Oldham has handled 67 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 69 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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 367 applications in total for the OL4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
OL4 4HT
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2025
Target decision date
15 October 2025
Permission expires
28 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
3 Diggle Mill Cottages Diggle Saddleworth Oldham OL3 5LH

Planning decision

Case officer
Sophie Leech
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14265382
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
7

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    20 Aug

    Retention of stone garden wall which is inboard of applicants boundary line - adjacent to driveway…

    This applicationWithdrawnAmendmentCEU/354972/25
  2. 2021
    4 Aug

    Detached double garage, alterations to existing carport and new stone shed

    ApprovedHouseholderPart ofHOU/347357/21

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