17 Lower Knoll Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5PD
Approved on 7 May 2026
Council decision: Granted3 conditions
Proposal
Conversion of existing garage to a habitable room and associated works
- Received
- 6 March 2026
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Agent
- Whittaker Design
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 17 Lower Knoll Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5PD. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. 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 5PD
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saddleworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Whittaker Design
- Agent address
- 169 St John Street Lees Oldham OL4 3DS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Brian Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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