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In The Footway Of Wellington Street Adjacent To BBM Supermarket And Opposite The Fire Exit Of Hope Methodist Church Failsworth

TEL/351714/23TelecommunicationsApproved

Approved on 20 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

15m steel pole to support fibre cable and ancillary electronic communications apparatus and/or radio antennae together with associated cabinetry housing electronic communications apparatus and/or radio equipment to form part of a high speed broadband electronic communications network

Received
3 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Failsworth East
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at In The Footway Of Wellington Street Adjacent To BBM Supermarket And Opposite The Fire Exit Of Hope Methodist Church Failsworth. Oldham has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks 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 54 applications across Failsworth East.

100% of telecoms 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

Application type
Telecommunications
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2023
Consultation expiry
24 October 2023
Consultation start
3 October 2023
Consultation end
24 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 October 2023
Last date for comments
24 October 2023
Target decision date
22 November 2023
Permission expires
20 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12494881
Documents
10
Constraints
8

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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