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Well I Hole Farm Well I Hole Road Greenfield OL3 7HY

PA/343252/19Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 11 August 2020

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing farmhouse to provide bed & breakfast, renovation and conversion of barn to create 4 holiday flats, erection of new building to include flexible community space, shop and toilet/showers, new 3 bed detached house, tractor shed and ancillary facilities, and re-configuration to provide 15 static caravans and 35 powered pitches at existing camping and caravaning site.

Received
16 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saddleworth South
Agent
Pwa Planning
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.12 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 447 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Well I Hole Farm Well I Hole Road Greenfield OL3 7HY. Oldham has handled 758 applications of this type. This one was decided in 483 days, 60 weeks longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 7HY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2019
Consultation expiry
6 August 2019
Consultation start
28 June 2019
Consultation end
12 July 2019
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2019
Last date for comments
12 July 2019
Target decision date
21 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pwa Planning
Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 July 2019
Advertisement expiry
6 August 2019
Site notice start
16 July 2019
Site notice end
6 August 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
REF/0034/21
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3265907
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 September 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07432650
Documents
78
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • 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 (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

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© 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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