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290 Roundthorn Road Oldham OL4 5LJ

FUL/355478/25Approved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Granted8 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from residential (Class C3) to a childrens care home (Class C2) for up to two children.

Received
19 December 2025
Ward
Saint Mary's
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 290 Roundthorn Road Oldham OL4 5LJ. Oldham has handled 2,103 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Saint Mary's. We hold 366 applications in total for the OL4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OL4 5LJ
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sophie Leech

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Oct

    Discharge of condition 3 (Cycle Storage) and 4 (Soundproof) associated with application FUL/355478/25

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCND/356971/26
  2. 2026
    5 Mar

    Change of use from residential (Class C3) to a childrens care home (Class C2) for up to two children.

    This applicationApprovedApplicationFUL/355478/25

Source: Oldham

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