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10 Gibbs Close (Former Engineer's Workshop) Royal George Mills Greenfield Oldham OL3 7PN

PA/055965/08Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2009

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from existing offices to 1 no. dwellinghouse

Received
12 December 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth South
Agent
Hall Needham Associates
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 103 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 10 Gibbs Close (Former Engineer's Workshop) Royal George Mills Greenfield Oldham OL3 7PN. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 12 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Saddleworth South. 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 7PN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2009
Consultation expiry
1 April 2009
Consultation start
18 March 2009
Consultation end
27 February 2009
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2009
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2009
Last date for comments
27 February 2009
Target decision date
20 March 2009
Committee meeting
6 May 2009
Decision issued
8 May 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hall Needham Associates
Agent address
Hollinwood Business Centre Albert Street Oldham OL8 3QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 February 2009
Advertisement expiry
1 April 2009
Site notice end
1 April 2009

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Royal George Mills
  • Green belt: Oldham

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 (20)

flood storage 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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