70 - 72 George Street Oldham OL1 1LS
Approved on 10 April 2026
Council decision: Granted4 conditions
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Proposal
New shop front to widen entrance and add composite cladding front elevation with led light.
- Received
- 31 December 2025
- Ward
- Coldhurst
- Agent
- AM Architectural & Surveying LTD
- ReceivedReceived31 Dec
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Apr
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 70 - 72 George Street Oldham OL1 1LS. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 5 weeks longer 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 105 applications across Coldhurst. 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 1LS
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- AM Architectural & Surveying LTD
- Architect profile
- AM ARCHITECTURAL & SURVEYING LTD
- Agent address
- 78 Wellington Road Oldham OL8 1RR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Simon Lake
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Land at Regent, Beech, Wallshaw & Partington StsRegister 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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Associated applications
- 202531 Dec
Erection of 1 no. illuminated fascia sign to the front elevation.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideADV/355518/25 - 202531 Dec
New shop front to widen entrance and add composite cladding front elevation with led light.
This applicationApprovedFullFUL/355517/25
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