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8 Longford Close Oldham OL9 7EA

HOU/354099/25HouseholderApproved

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear dormer extension to an existing loft conversion.

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Werneth
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 8 Longford Close Oldham OL9 7EA. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 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 46 applications across Werneth. We hold 304 applications in total for the OL9 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
OL9 7EA
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation expiry
17 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2025
Last date for comments
17 March 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
10 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Bank Street Accrington Lancashire BB5 4HH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13753592
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Alfred Street, Castleton Street and Edward Street, Oldham (off St. John's St.)Register 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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