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Gatehead Mill Delph New Road Delph Oldham OL3 5DB

FUL/353052/24Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application to retain two level car park

Received
21 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth North
Agent
Chorlton Planning Ltd
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 73 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gatehead Mill Delph New Road Delph Oldham OL3 5DB. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 6 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 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 5DB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2024
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation start
29 July 2024
Consultation end
19 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2024
Last date for comments
4 October 2024
Target decision date
2 October 2024
Permission expires
7 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chorlton Planning Ltd
Agent address
61 Nudger Green Dobcross OL3 5AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
68 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 September 2024
Site notice end
4 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13173773
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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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