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The Barn At Wool Road Farm Wool Road Dobcross Oldham OL3 5NS

HOU/354311/25HouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage/home office to ancillary accommodation

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saddleworth North
Agent
Wildesign Ltd
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 80 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Barn At Wool Road Farm Wool Road Dobcross Oldham OL3 5NS. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 2 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 74 applications across Saddleworth North. We hold 483 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 5NS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
30 May 2025
Consultation start
14 April 2025
Consultation end
8 May 2025
Last date for comments
10 June 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025
Permission expires
20 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wildesign Ltd
Architect profile
WILDESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
87 Church Road Uppermill Oldham OL3 6DY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Aimee Collins
Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2025
Site notice end
30 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13735818
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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