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Foundry Street Oldham OL8 1FR

FUL/352158/23Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 June 2024

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a part single, two storey building comprising 15 one-bedroom supported living apartments (Use Class C3 (b)) with ancillary staff and communal facilities and associated parking and garden areas.

Received
27 December 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Coldhurst
Agent
Eden Planning & Development Ltd
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated27 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 162 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Foundry Street Oldham OL8 1FR. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 14 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Coldhurst. 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 1FR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 December 2023
Consultation expiry
23 February 2024
Consultation start
2 February 2024
Consultation end
23 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 January 2024
Last date for comments
23 February 2024
Target decision date
1 June 2024
Committee meeting
5 June 2024
Permission expires
6 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eden Planning & Development Ltd
Agent address
1 Market Street Altrincham WA14 1QE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
157 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
1 February 2023
Site notice start
2 January 2024
Site notice end
23 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12632341
Documents
78
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Foundry Street, OldhamRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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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