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36 Bow Street Oldham OL1 1SJ

FUL/355088/25Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of the basement and ground floors from a Printing Press (Use Class E(g)(iii)) to Aesthetics Clinic (E(e)) and refurbishment of existing flat at first floor and creation of a new shopfront.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saint Mary's
Agent
MKW Architecture Ltd
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 87 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 Bow Street Oldham OL1 1SJ. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 3 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Saint Mary's. We hold 210 applications in total for the OL1 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
OL1 1SJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
27 October 2025
Consultation start
6 October 2025
Consultation end
27 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2025
Last date for comments
27 October 2025
Target decision date
7 December 2025
Permission expires
12 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
MKW Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
MKW ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Suite 51 Earl Business Centre Dowry Street Oldham OL8 2PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
82 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14316869
Comments
0
Documents
11
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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