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VAR/355908/26 - Variation of condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of condition no. 2 (Approved Plans) associated with application . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:56

Application progress

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Received

23 Mar 2026

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Consultation

13 Apr 2026

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Approved

5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Development Control Delegation · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 8

Associated applications 2

Part of

FullApproved5 Dec 2025council archive

Conditions 2 varied
- VariationVariation of condition no. 2 (Approved Plans).This application23 Mar 2026VAR/355908/26

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public footpath about 14 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: 9, Higher Park, Grade II, about 53 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Oldham
Application type: Variation of condition
Postcode: OL2 8BN
Received: 23 Mar 2026
Validated: 23 Mar 2026
Ward: Shaw
Parish: Shaw & Crompton Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 May 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 5 May 2026
Decision level: Development Control Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: HNA Architects

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14797038
Planning Portal ref: PP-14797038
Neighbours: 14 Apr 2026
Consultation: 13 Apr 2026
Comments by: 7 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

Conversion, including side and rear extensions, of former stable into 1 no. residential d…

FUL/353542/24 5 Dec 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Refused

6 Higher Park Shaw OL2 8BN

Erection of a single storey front extension

HH/339850/17 22 Jun 2017

2017

6 Higher Park, SHAW, OL2 8BN

Front porch

HH/340143/17 28 Apr 2017

Oldham

Planning Authority Score

2.3/10

Poor

#262 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Oldham is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #257 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 59% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Oldham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #140 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #162 of 296

44%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #257 of 296

59%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #265 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

47 decided (1-9 homes)

86%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

87%

Change of use approved

89 decided

821

Total decisions

93 refused in the year to March 2026