156 - 158 Ashton Road Oldham OL8 1QT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first floor to nursery rooms and formation of external play area Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 May 2026 · Development Control Delegation · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 3 November 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £25,000 in January 1996. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 68 days from validation, 7 days slower than Oldham's median of 61 for changes of use. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Oldham in the last twelve months, from validation. Oldham decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14541924
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14541924
- Neighbours
- 16 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 16 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 6 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 7 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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