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36 Sidlaw Close Oldham OL8 3WQ

HOU/354500/25HouseholderApproved

Approved on 17 July 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Erection of a two storey rear extension.

Received
7 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hollinwood
Agent
MKW Architecture Ltd
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 36 Sidlaw Close Oldham OL8 3WQ. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days 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 28 applications across Hollinwood. We hold 271 applications in total for the OL8 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
OL8 3WQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Consultation expiry
15 July 2025
Consultation start
20 May 2025
Consultation end
11 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2025
Last date for comments
15 July 2025
Target decision date
12 July 2025
Permission expires
17 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
MKW Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
MKW ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Suite 51, Earl Business Centre Dowry Street OLDHAM OL8 2PF

Planning decision

Case officer
Simon Lake
Statutory period
66 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13993653
Documents
9
Constraints
8

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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