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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 1,200 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 5% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 61 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,200
Share refusedof those approved or refused 5%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 61 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 4%of more than 450 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 110
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 26%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 5plan adopted 2011

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area.”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issues are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies; • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on highway safety.”

    Allowed, 2021

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.