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Land Off Failsworth Road Failsworth Oldham

FUL/355686/26Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission

Proposal

Erection of 68 no. affordable dwellings (100% affordable housing scheme) with associated works such as access road, turning points and green infrastructure.

Received
10 February 2026
Public comments
618 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Failsworth East
Agent
Emery Planning
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 203 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land Off Failsworth Road Failsworth Oldham. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 227 days, 23 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 54 applications across Failsworth East.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
68

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Emery Planning
Agent address
1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 8BS

Planning decision

Case officer
Abiola Labisi
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14655310
Documents
50
Constraints
71

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.

Source: Oldham

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