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560 Rochdale Road Royton Oldham OL2 6SH

FUL/353174/24Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 November 2024

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to provide short term holiday let accommodation (sui generis).

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
34
Ward
Royton North
Agent
S. Ingram And Associates
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Sep
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 560 Rochdale Road Royton Oldham OL2 6SH. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 9 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 55 applications across Royton North. We hold 237 applications in total for the OL2 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
OL2 6SH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2024
Consultation expiry
11 September 2024
Consultation start
19 August 2024
Consultation end
10 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
7 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
S. Ingram And Associates
Agent address
Design Studio Heights Lane Delph Oldham OL3 5TU

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
REF/0221/25
Appeal result
Withdrawn

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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