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Oldham Rugby Union Football Club Byrth Road Oldham Oldham OL8 2TJ

FUL/351177/23Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 7 November 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of bowling green (Use Class D2) to Banqueting Marquee (Use Class E)

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Medlock Vale
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.19 Jul
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 133 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Oldham Rugby Union Football Club Byrth Road Oldham Oldham OL8 2TJ. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 11 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 41 applications across Medlock Vale. We hold 271 applications in total for the OL8 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
OL8 2TJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2023
Consultation expiry
3 August 2023
Consultation start
28 June 2023
Consultation end
19 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
3 August 2023
Target decision date
2 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
SHUAS
Agent address
58 Southwood Drive Baxenden Accrington BB5 2PZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
128 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12247670
Documents
7
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site
  • 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, conservation 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.

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.

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