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794 Oldham Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9NY

FUL/355506/25Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from vacant bank to 9no. 1-bed dwellings with ancillary co-working space to the rear.

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Failsworth East
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 794 Oldham Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9NY. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 2 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 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 9NY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2026
Last date for comments
10 February 2026
Target decision date
8 March 2026
Permission expires
13 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HAD & Co
Agent address
Unit 3 Salisbury House St Stephen Street Salford M3 6AX

Planning decision

Case officer
Abiola Labisi
Statutory period
74 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586857
Documents
14
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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
    19 May

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Soundproof Wall/Floor) and 4 (Noise Protection) associated with application…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCND/356250/26
  2. 2025
    24 Dec

    Change of use from vacant bank to 9no. 1-bed dwellings with ancillary co-working space to the rear.

    This applicationApprovedFullFUL/355506/25

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