Clough Manor Rochdale Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5UE
Refused on 20 March 2026
Council decision: Refuse Permission
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Proposal
Erection of a convenience store and coffee shop with vehicle/cycle charging points and single self service car wash bay.
- Received
- 11 November 2025
- Public comments
- 32
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- ReceivedReceived11 Nov
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 108 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Clough Manor Rochdale Road Denshaw Oldham OL3 5UE. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 9 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 5UE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saddleworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 47 Dovecote Lane Lees Oldham OL4 4SN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Matthew Taylor
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 3 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14462019
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Oldham+1 more
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Mar
Change of use from hotel (Use Class C1) to Residential Institution (Use Class C2).
PendingFull ApplicationFUL/355788/26 - 202627 Jan
Discharge of condition no 6 (Biodiversity Enhancement) relating to app no. FUL/354522/25
PendingDischarge of conditionsCND/355609/26 - 20257 Oct
Change of use of part of hotel (Use Class C1) to House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
PendingFull ApplicationFUL/355194/25
Source: Oldham
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Find contractors for new builds near this site- M J K Electrical Solutions LtdElectrician0.8 mi
- P Barry Construction Ltd t/a Oldham Stove InstallationSolid Fuel Heating1.4 mi
- Ben Thwaite High Class Painter and Decorator1.7 mi
- GM Electrical Energy Solutions LimitedElectrician1.7 mi
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