Unit 8 Failsworth Industrial Estate Morton Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0BN
Approved on 15 April 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from Use Class B8 (Storage/Distribution) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and the erection of a kitchen extract system
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Failsworth West
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Failsworth Industrial Estate Morton Street Failsworth Oldham M35 0BN. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 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 36 applications across Failsworth West. 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 0BN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WSP
- Agent address
- Exchange Station Tithebarn Street Liverpool L2 2QP
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Matthew Taylor
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14555696
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Oldham Road/City BoundaryRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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