Linens Ltd Ram Mill Gordon Street Chadderton Oldham OL9 9RH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Outline planning application (landscaping reserved) for the change of use of floors 2, 3 and 4 of former Ram Mill building to create hotel accommodation (C1) comprising 75 double bedrooms and 105 hotel aparthotel units with dedicated flexible work areas together with common space and service areas Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Feb 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Oldham Planning Committee on 11 Feb 2026.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Consultees raised no objections in principle, subject to conditions, and no public representations were received.
- The committee unanimously approved the application, with condition 8 amended as set out in the Late List.
Source: Plota analysis of Oldham's committee minutes, Oldham Planning Committee minutes, 11 February 2026 .
Documents 16
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 7
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
Checked on 2 November 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
- Outline Application
- Postcode
- OL9 9RH
- Received
- 13 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 13 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Chadderton South
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Pland (Development Consultants) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 91 days from validation, 17 days slower than Oldham's median of 74 for outline applications. Approved, as 61% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Oldham to go on. Oldham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14471056
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14471056
- Neighbours
- 25 Nov 2025
- Consultation
- 22 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 18 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 27 Nov 2025
- Committee
- 11 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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