Salem Moravian Church Hall Lees Road Oldham OL4 3AJ
Approved on 4 September 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use from Church to Day Nursery (Class F2 to Class E)
- Received
- 11 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Waterhead
- Agent
- Thorp Design Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Jul
- ValidatedValidated11 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date5 Sep
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Salem Moravian Church Hall Lees Road Oldham OL4 3AJ. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Waterhead. We hold 366 applications in total for the OL4 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
- OL4 3AJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 29 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 September 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thorp Design Services Ltd
- Architect profile
- THORP DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 Chatton Close Bury United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13863832
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Change of Use from Church to Day Nursery (Class F2 to Class E)
This applicationApprovedFullFUL/354790/25
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