2 Woodlands Sugar Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5NL
Approved on 23 April 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Front dormer.
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Agent
- Purple Plans ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Apr
Decided in 80 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 2 Woodlands Sugar Lane Dobcross Oldham OL3 5NL. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 8 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. 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 5NL
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Saddleworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 23 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Purple Plans ltd
- Architect profile
- PURPLE PLANS LTD
- Agent address
- 1 Central Avenue Greenfield Oldham OL3 7DH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Brian Smith
- Statutory period
- 76 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 17 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 7 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14582498
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Dobcross
- 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, 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.
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