
Oldham planning committee
Councillor Nadeem Iqbal
LabourSeen at planning committee from July 2025 to September 2026
- 88%attendance
- 3recorded votes
- 8agreed, no vote against recorded
- 24decisions at their meetings
As at 23 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Oldham’s published minutes, Councillor Nadeem Iqbal attended 7 of the 8 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 3 decisions at those meetings: Iqbal voted for the resolution on all 3. On 3 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 8 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Iqbal is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 7 of 888%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 24
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 3
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 3 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 8
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Declared interests
- 0
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
Votes by quarter
Not drawn: 3 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 3 recorded votes with a known officers’ recommendation is too few to compare.
Agreement with other members
Not drawn: the minutes record no divided vote of this councillor by name. On a unanimous vote every member agrees, so it says nothing about agreement.
Attendance
88%
7 of 8 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.
The typical member of this committee attended 88% (the median of 14 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee: 7 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 13 Aug 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Land At Southlink Oldham147 affordable homes · FUL/355201/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Junction Of Broadgate And Grimshaw Lane Chadderton OldhamRestaurant and events building · FUL/355490/25 Approved ForAll members present in favour
- 121 Long Lane Chadderton Oldham7-bedroom HMO · FUL/356274/26 RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Off Failsworth Road Failsworth Oldham68 affordable homes · FUL/355686/26 Refused For refusalAll members present in favour
- 45 - 49 Ripponden Road OldhamOffices and five-bed HMO · FUL/355703/26 Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Hill Top Farm Healds Green Chadderton OldhamChildren's day nursery · FUL/354901/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Saint Pauls Methodist Church Rochdale Road Shaw OldhamChapel restoration works · LBC/349489/22 RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Saint Pauls Methodist Church Rochdale Road Shaw OldhamChapel restoration works · FUL/349488/22 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adjacent To Oldham Hulme Grammar School To The Rear Of No.10 York Avenue OldhamThree-storey dwelling · FUL/354817/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Land Rear Of Alexandra Centre Retail Park Park Road OldhamFirst-floor sports-centre extension · FUL/354867/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 3 Kevin Avenue Royton OldhamSix-bedroom HMO extension · FUL/355367/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 3 Kevin Avenue Royton OldhamSix-bedroom HMO · FUL/355367/25 Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Linens Ltd Ram Mill Gordon Street Chadderton Oldham180-unit hotel · OUT/355327/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Land At Butterworth Lane Chadderton Oldham149-home residential development · FUL/354904/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre Parliament Square OldhamMarket access changes · VAR/354643/25 Approved ForAll members present in favour
- Compass House Neville Street OldhamPrayer and community hall · FUL/352774/24 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- The Vestacare Stadium Whitebank Road OldhamFour containers and covered seating · FUL/354415/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adjacent To Gorse Mill Gorse Street Chadderton OldhamTen-unit warehouse development · FUL/353720/24 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Civic Centre West Street OldhamHotel conversion · FUL/354322/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Manchester Chambers West Street OldhamTown centre commercial floorspace · OUT/354325/25 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Prince's Gate Prince Street Oldham331 homes and commercial space · FUL/354326/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Former Leisure Centre Rock Street Oldham231 homes and commercial space · OUT/354324/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Former Magistrates Court King Street OldhamUp to 219 homes · OUT/354323/25 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Former Civic Centre & Queen Elizabeth Hall West Street OldhamMixed-use residential redevelopment · OUT/354338/25 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Iqbal moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
- Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Akhtar and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be REFUSED.”
Minutes, 23 Sep 2026, Land Off Failsworth Road Failsworth Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Charters and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be REFUSED (against Officer recommendations).”
Minutes, 23 Sep 2026, 121 Long Lane Chadderton Oldham - Moved approval
“It was MOVED by Councillor Iqbal and SECONDED by Councillor Harkness that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 23 Sep 2026, Land At Junction Of Broadgate And Grimshaw Lane Chadderton Oldham - Moved approval
“It was MOVED by Councillor Iqbal and SECONDED by Councillor Nasheen that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Saint Pauls Methodist Church Rochdale Road Shaw Oldham - Moved approval
“It was MOVED by Councillor Iqbal and SECONDED by Councillor Charters that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Saint Pauls Methodist Church Rochdale Road Shaw Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Harkness and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Hill Top Farm Healds Green Chadderton Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor S. Hussain and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, 3 Kevin Avenue Royton Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor S Hussain and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 11 Feb 2026, Land At Butterworth Lane Chadderton Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Nasheen and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 10 Sep 2025, Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre Parliament Square Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Charters and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 13 Aug 2025, The Vestacare Stadium Whitebank Road Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Nasheen and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Former Magistrates Court King Street Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Hobin and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Former Leisure Centre Rock Street Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Hobin and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Land At Prince's Gate Prince Street Oldham - Seconded
“It was MOVED by Councillor Nasheen and SECONDED by Councillor Iqbal that the application be APPROVED”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Manchester Chambers West Street Oldham - Moved approval
“It was MOVED by Councillor Iqbal and SECONDED by Councillor Cosgrove that the application be APPROVED.”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Civic Centre West Street Oldham
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Oldham’s published planning committee minutes, 8 meetings from July 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Zaheer AliOldham Group
- Garth HarknessLib Dem
- Umar NasheenLab Co-op
- Maggie HurleyIndependent
- Aftab HussainLabour
- Josh ChartersLab Co-op
- Marc HinceIndependent
- Peter DavisLab Co-op
- Shoab AkhtarOldham Group
- Angela CosgroveLabour
- Dave MurphyLib Dem
- Mohammed Nazrul IslamLabour
- Sajed HussainLabour
- Christine AdamsConservative
- Gary TarbuckReform UK
- Max WoodvineConservative