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Dobcross Band Club Platt Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5AD

FUL/352299/24Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 April 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of existing floodlights with LED lights and reduction in hours of permitted use to 4 hours per day, from 6pm to 10pm, but to extend the months of use to also include 15 July to 31 July.

Received
31 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Saddleworth North
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 83 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Dobcross Band Club Platt Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5AD. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 4 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Saddleworth North. We hold 482 applications in total for the OL3 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
OL3 5AD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2024
Consultation expiry
5 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 April 2024
Last date for comments
5 April 2024
Target decision date
24 April 2024
Permission expires
29 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Mark Wood Delph Oldham OL3 5EE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12732953
Documents
10
Constraints
7

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.

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