Land Adjacent To 38 Dobcross New Road Dobcross Oldham OL3 5AY

PIP/356320/26Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)

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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Permission in Principle for up to 2 dwellings.

Received: 27 May 2026
Council: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Saddleworth North

ReceivedReceived27 May
ValidatedValidated2 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Jul

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Adjacent To 38 Dobcross New Road Dobcross Oldham OL3 5AY. Oldham has handled 2,105 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 74 applications across Saddleworth North. We hold 483 applications in total for the OL3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: OL3 5AY
Parish: Saddleworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Sophie Leech

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: DobcrossPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Lower CottageOn or next to this site · +2 more
Green belt: OldhamPart of the site
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Oldham

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