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Applebys Mossley Road/Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HH

PA/330412/11Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 7 September 2011

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing office space (Class B1) to restaurant (Class A3) (resubmission of PA/057901/10)

Received
21 April 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth South
Agent
Civitas Planning Limited
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 120 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Applebys Mossley Road/Oldham Road Grasscroft Oldham OL4 4HH. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 11 weeks 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 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 4HH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2011
Consultation expiry
3 June 2011
Consultation start
20 September 2011
Consultation end
27 May 2011
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2011
Neighbour consultation end
3 June 2011
Last date for comments
27 May 2011
Target decision date
5 July 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Civitas Planning Limited
Agent address
Riverside House Brymau Three Estate River Lane Saltney, Chester CH4 8RQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 June 2011
Site notice end
3 June 2011

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
13

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 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.

Source: Oldham

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