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The Trading Post Mossley Road Grasscroft OL4 4HA

PA/050957/06Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2006

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from retail premises to holistic dental surgery

Received
27 February 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth South
Agent
John Barnes (Architect)
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Trading Post Mossley Road Grasscroft OL4 4HA. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker 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 70 applications across Saddleworth South. We hold 367 applications in total for the OL4 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
OL4 4HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2006
Consultation expiry
21 April 2006
Consultation start
21 March 2006
Consultation end
4 April 2006
Neighbour consultation start
3 April 2006
Neighbour consultation end
21 April 2006
Last date for comments
4 April 2006
Target decision date
24 April 2006
Committee meeting
14 March 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Barnes (Architect)
Agent address
Moordale Paddock, Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 April 2006
Site notice end
21 April 2006

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided

Additional information

Documents
56

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Oldham
  • 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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