Workshop 47C Wickentree Lane Failsworth Oldham M35 9AY
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Granted5 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from Class E (Commercial) to 3 no. flats C3 (Residential) and change of pitched roof to flat roof due to collapse and change of fenestration (windows).
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Failsworth East
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios LTD
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 195 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Workshop 47C Wickentree Lane Failsworth Oldham M35 9AY. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 19 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 54 applications across Failsworth East. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 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
- M35 9AY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Gold Sketch Studios LTD
- Agent address
- 55a Bury Old Road Prestwich M25 0FG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Abiola Labisi
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14448533
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
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.
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