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48 Medlock Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9WN

FUL/350763/23Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for marquee to rear garden.

Received
31 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Failsworth East
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 94 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 48 Medlock Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9WN. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 4 weeks 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 54 applications across Failsworth East. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 postcode area.

90% of full 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 9WN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Consultation expiry
13 May 2023
Consultation start
17 April 2023
Consultation end
10 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
12 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2023
Last date for comments
13 May 2023
Target decision date
28 June 2023
Permission expires
3 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
13 May 2023
Site notice start
14 April 2023
Site notice end
6 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12057970
Documents
8
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Woodhouses
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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