The Old Chapel Oaken Clough Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL7 9NX
Approved on 8 September 2016
Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of part of building to a mixed use Class D1 Non-residential institution and Class A1 Retail restricted to Hairdressers and Beautician use only - Retrospective.
- Received
- 9 June 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ashton-Under-Lyne Waterloo
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation4 Jul
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Chapel Oaken Clough Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL7 9NX. Tameside has handled 1,854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Tameside's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Ashton-Under-Lyne Waterloo. We hold 552 applications in total for the OL7 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OL7 9NX
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ashton-under-Lyne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2016
- Consultation end
- 4 July 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 July 2016
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2016
- Committee meeting
- 7 September 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Blackley House Blackley Elland HX50TE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05217790
- Documents
- 3
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. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20176 Sep
Free-standing advertisement board
ApprovedAdvertisement consent17/00766/ADV - 20176 Sep
The creation of a car park, the change of use of part of the building from a mixed use (residential…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission17/00765/FUL - 200620 Oct
Change of use to Funeral Directors/chapel of Rest
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission06/01564/FUL
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