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Bottom Field Farm Medlock Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9UA

VAR/355200/25Variation of conditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) associated with application FUL/347760/21 for the installation of new vehicular and pedestrian access gates and boundary wall along with formation of vehicle turning area.

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Failsworth East
Agent
Emery Planning
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Bottom Field Farm Medlock Road Failsworth Oldham M35 9UA. Oldham has handled 168 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Oldham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Failsworth East. We hold 141 applications in total for the M35 postcode area.

94% of conditions 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
M35 9UA
Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
31 October 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Emery Planning
Agent address
1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield SK11 8BS

Planning decision

Case officer
Graham Dickman
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
4 December 2025
Site notice start
7 November 2025
Site notice end
28 November 2025

Appeal history

6008648
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 August 2026Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14356171
Documents
8
Constraints
21

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
  • Conservation area: WoodhousesPart of the site
  • Green belt: OldhamPart of the site

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 (20)

flood storage 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

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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