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Land To The North Of Delph Chapel Delph Lane Delph Oldham OL3 5HW

FUL/354213/25Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 2 no. residential dwellings.

Received
17 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth North
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 136 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land To The North Of Delph Chapel Delph Lane Delph Oldham OL3 5HW. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 16 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5HW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2025
Consultation expiry
5 June 2025
Consultation start
28 April 2025
Consultation end
20 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2025
Last date for comments
5 June 2025
Target decision date
31 August 2025
Permission expires
5 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
mwparchitecture
Agent address
The Office Pod 12 Rookery Close Kelsall Tarporley CW6 0LF

Planning decision

Case officer
Sophie Leech
Statutory period
131 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
11 May 2025
Site notice start
14 May 2025
Site notice end
5 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13851540
Documents
31
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    6 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Material Approval), 4 (Drainage) and 6 (Remediation Strategy) associated with…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCND/355187/25
  2. 2025
    17 Mar

    Erection of 2 no. residential dwellings.

    This applicationApprovedFullFUL/354213/25

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