Telecommunications Mast Land At St. Johns Industrial Estate Elders Road Lees Oldham OL4 3DZ
Approved on 6 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of a replacement 17.5m lattice tower with a new open headframe supporting 18 no. antennas, 2 no. re-located transmission dishes, 36 no. Ericsson Radio Systems, and 2 no. GPS modules, along with 3 no. new equipment cabinets and ancillary development following the removal of the existing 15m lattice tower.
- Received
- 10 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Saddleworth West And Lees
- Agent
- Clarke Telecom Ltd
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast Land At St. Johns Industrial Estate Elders Road Lees Oldham OL4 3DZ. Oldham has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 5 days 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 41 applications across Saddleworth West And Lees. We hold 366 applications in total for the OL4 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- OL4 3DZ
- Application type
- Telecommunications
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Clarke Telecom Ltd
- Agent address
- Northampton Road, 2nd Floor Building C, Central Park Manchester M40 5BP
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Dave Richards
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14343314
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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