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79 Sunfield Lane Diggle Oldham OL3 5PT

HOU/354549/25HouseholderApproved

Approved on 2 October 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1) Demolition of existing single storey side extension and erection of two storey side extension 2) Extension of dormer window 3) Render/cladding finish to whole property.

Received
2 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth North
Agent
Elizabeth Parr Architect
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 139 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 79 Sunfield Lane Diggle Oldham OL3 5PT. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 13 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5PT
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2025
Consultation expiry
23 July 2025
Consultation start
2 July 2025
Consultation end
23 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 June 2025
Last date for comments
23 July 2025
Target decision date
1 October 2025
Permission expires
2 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Elizabeth Parr Architect
Agent address
35 Meadow Lane Slaithwaite Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD7 5EX

Planning decision

Case officer
Aimee Collins
Statutory period
138 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 May

    Variation of condition no. 2 (Approved Details Schedule) relating to app no. HOU/354549/25

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)VAR/356157/26
  2. 2025
    2 May

    1) Demolition of existing single storey side extension and erection of two storey side extension 2) Extension…

    This applicationApprovedFullHOU/354549/25

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