Cotemans Farm Grains Road Delph Oldham OL3 5RN
Approved on 21 April 2026
Council decision: Granted2 conditions
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Proposal
Installation of solar panels on roof slopes of agricultural building
- Received
- 27 February 2026
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Agent
- Mark Jones Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Cotemans Farm Grains Road Delph Oldham OL3 5RN. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker 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 74 applications across Saddleworth North. We hold 482 applications in total for the OL3 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
- OL3 5RN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saddleworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Mark Jones Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- 4 Sykes Close Greenfield Oldham OL3 7PT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Brian Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Oldham
- 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, 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.
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Source: Oldham
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