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BNG/352724/26 - Discharge of Biodiversity Net Gain Awaiting decision

Proposal

Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan related to application Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Consultation

15 Jan 2026

✓

Received

16 Jan 2026

Decision

Target date was 13 Mar 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 13 Mar 2026.

The consultation period closed on 5 Feb 2026.

Documents 10

Associated applications 4

Part of

Full18 Apr 2024council archive

Conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 awaiting decision
- ConditionsDischarge of Biodiversity Gain Plan relatedThis application16 Jan 2026BNG/352724/26
- Show 2 more · 2 pending
  - AmendmentNon Material Amendment to amend drawing number being incorrect and minor changes to elevations…16 Oct 2026NMA/356981/26
  - ConditionsApplication for discharge of conditions 3 (Affordable Housing), 4 (Part L), 7 (SUDS…16 Jan 2026CND/355563/26

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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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area 51 m away: Woodhouses; Coalfield, development low risk area; Air quality management area 21 m away: Oldham AQMA.

Not affected

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

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: Discharge of Biodiversity Net Gain
Postcode: M35 9NL
Received: 16 Jan 2026
Validated: 16 Jan 2026
Ward: Failsworth East
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Mar 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Jones Homes North West

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14621970
Planning Portal ref: PP-14621970
Consultation: 15 Jan 2026
Comments by: 5 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Land At Ashton Road Failsworth Manchester M35 9WL

Variation of Condition 2 of MMA/343804/19 to allow for amendments to House Type C

PA/344922/20 22 Jul 2020

2018 Approved

Land At Ashton Road Failsworth M35 9WL

Erection of 3 no. detached dwellings

PA/341528/18 18 Apr 2019

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