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Oberlin Cottage Oberlin Street Oldham OL4 3HS

FUL/356290/26Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of the existing building from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 10-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4).

Received
26 May 2026
Public comments
78 · last counted 9 November 2026
Ward
Waterhead
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Oberlin Cottage Oberlin Street Oldham OL4 3HS. Oldham has handled 2,103 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Waterhead. We hold 366 applications in total for the OL4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OL4 3HS
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2026
Consultation end
4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Abiola Labisi

Additional information

Documents
14

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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