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292 - 296 Manchester Street Oldham OL9 6HB

FUL/351738/23Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: Granted9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Change of use of first floor and second floor from storage use to create a 10 bed House in Multiple Occupation requiring the erection of new a rear dormer; 2. Subdivision of retail unit at ground floor and associated works. Existing retail unit is to be split into two retail units.

Received
6 October 2023
Ward
Werneth
Agent
BRTA Limited
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 589 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 292 - 296 Manchester Street Oldham OL9 6HB. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Werneth. We hold 304 applications in total for the OL9 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
OL9 6HB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2024
Consultation expiry
18 April 2024
Consultation start
18 March 2024
Consultation end
10 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
18 April 2024
Last date for comments
18 April 2024
Target decision date
24 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
BRTA Limited
Architect profile
BRTA LIMITED
Agent address
Office 12 Falcon Business Centre Victoria Street Oldham OL9 0HB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12509669
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
11

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.

Source: Oldham

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