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Side Of 725 Ashton Road Oldham OL8 2RG

TEN/352803/24Telecomunications NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 May 2024

Council decision: Application NotedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

1 x 9 metre light pole

Received
26 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Medlock Vale
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 6 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Side Of 725 Ashton Road Oldham OL8 2RG. Oldham has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 8 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 41 applications across Medlock Vale. We hold 271 applications in total for the OL8 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
OL8 2RG
Application type
Telecomunications Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2024
Target decision date
24 May 2024
Permission expires
2 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
6

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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