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Friezland Equestrian Centre Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7YZ

FUL/354381/25Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Siting of a steel container modified to house a Judge's observatory, office and first aid accommodation.

Received
15 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth South
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Friezland Equestrian Centre Manchester Road Greenfield Oldham OL3 7YZ. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 2 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 69 applications across Saddleworth South. 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 7YZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2025
Consultation expiry
17 June 2025
Consultation start
20 May 2025
Consultation end
11 June 2025
Last date for comments
17 June 2025
Target decision date
6 July 2025
Permission expires
3 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
10. Ainley Wood Delph Oldham Greater Manchester OL3 5HL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Sophie Leech
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 May 2025
Site notice end
17 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13945392
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
10

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ladhill LanePart of the site
  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site

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, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Nov

    Change of use from domestic stable to a dwellinghouse including external alterations, single storey…

    PendingApplicationFUL/356669/26
  2. 2026
    5 Aug

    Erection of a general purpose Agricultural Building with associated engineering works

    ApprovedApplicationAGR/356598/26
  3. 2026
    31 Jul

    Residential development for up to 4 dwellings.

    ApprovedApplicationPIP/356624/26
  4. 2026
    20 Jul

    Permission in Principle for 4 Detached Dwellings with associated Parking.

    ApprovedPlanning Permission in PrinciplePIP/356566/26
  5. 2026
    26 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Site Investigation) and 4 (Gas Investigation) associated with application…

    Condition Part DischargedDischarge of conditionsCND/356457/26
  6. 2026
    15 Jun

    Discharge of condition no. 14 (access and parking) relating to app no. FUL/350118/22

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCND/356397/26

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