Land To East Of Wade Hill Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL3 5RU
Approved on 13 August 2024
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of land for the grazing and exercising of horses and the erection of stables with associated tack room, hay barn and muck midden private - domestic use.
- Received
- 27 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 22
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Agent
- Mark Jones Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived27 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Aug
- DecidedDecided13 Aug
Decided in 139 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To East Of Wade Hill Lane Grasscroft Oldham OL3 5RU. 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 74 applications across Saddleworth North. We hold 483 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 5RU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 1 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 23 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 13 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mark Jones Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- 4 Sykes Close Greenfield OLDHAM OL3 7PT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 134 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 April 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 May 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12910583
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Oldham
- 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.
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Source: Oldham
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