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23 Stamford Drive Failsworth Oldham M35 9WS

HOU/355631/26HouseholderApproved

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1) Front porch extension 2) First floor Side extension 3) Part garage conversion.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Failsworth East
Agent
ExtensionsNW Ltd
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 23 Stamford Drive Failsworth Oldham M35 9WS. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 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 54 applications across Failsworth East. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 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
M35 9WS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Permission expires
10 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ExtensionsNW Ltd
Architect profile
EXTENSIONSNW LTD
Agent address
3 Cribden Street Rawtenstall Rossendale bb4 8hz

Planning decision

Case officer
Brian Smith
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14660027
Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site
  • 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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