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Boundary Park Boundary Park, Hilbre Avenue / Furtherwood Road Oldham OL1 2PB

FUL/355510/25Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Granted12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1) Creation of three open netball courts with associated acoustic and security fencing, 2) Changing room building (alternative location to that approved under application VAR/352459/24), 3) Introduction of terraced seating overlooking the recently completed Little Wembley training pitch, 4) Reconfiguration of the existing car/coach park with access from Hilbre Avenue and introduction of a pedestrian 'Bee Way' route, 5) New/replacement lighting within the car park and along the Bee Way, 6) Provision of bin and cycle stores, 7) Creation of a formalised ground crew compound, 8) Modification of concourse immediately in front Boundary Park stadium including relocation of 2 existing food concession stands, 9) Erection of a public art feature combining the OAFC owl and 'The Oldham Embryo'; 10) Reconfiguration of Boundary Drive turning head, and 11) associated hard and soft landscaping.

Received
29 December 2025
Public comments
6
Ward
Royton South
Agent
Roman Summer Associates Ltd
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 90 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Boundary Park Boundary Park, Hilbre Avenue / Furtherwood Road Oldham OL1 2PB. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 6 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 37 applications across Royton South. We hold 210 applications in total for the OL1 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
OL1 2PB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roman Summer Associates Ltd
Agent address
Haweswater House Waterfold Business Park Bury Lancashire BL9 7BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14546924
Documents
46
Constraints
26

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.

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