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Oldham College Rochdale Road Oldham OL9 6AA

DEM/355876/26Demolition NotificationPermitted
Prior approval

Proposal

Prior approval application for the demolition the existing polytunnels and shed/container.

Received
13 March 2026
Decided
9 April 2026 · Prior Approval Required and Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coldhurst
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in Oldham93% of applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a planning application for demolition at Oldham College Rochdale Road Oldham OL9 6AA. Oldham has handled 9 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 45 days. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Oldham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Coldhurst. We hold 298 applications in total for the OL9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DEM/355876/26
Address
Oldham College Rochdale Road Oldham OL9 6AA
Postcode
OL9 6AA
Local Authority
Oldham
Application Type
Demolition Notification
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Coldhurst

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Seven Architecture
Agent Address
Clarendon House Victoria Avenue North Yorkshire Harrogate HG1 1JD United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 March 2026
Consultation Expiry
19 April 2026
Target Decision Date
10 April 2026
Date Decided
9 April 2026
Date Validated
13 March 2026
Date Submitted
13 March 2026
Consultation Start
29 March 2026
Consultation End
19 April 2026
Last Date for Comments
19 April 2026
Permission Expires
9 April 2031

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Required and Granted
Decided By
Development Control Delegation
Statutory Period
28 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14699489
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
37
Coordinates
53.542640, -2.119957
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Oldham

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    Prior approval application for the demolition the existing polytunnels and shed/container.

    This applicationApprovedOtherDEM/355876/26
  2. 2026
    13 Mar

    Prior approval application for the demolition of the existing unheated poly-tunnels and metal containers.

    ApprovedDemolition NotificationFiled alongsideDEM/355877/26

Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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