Planning application
CEA/356066/26
Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
Proposal
Building and land to be turned to education use for resourced provision. Will be carried out during school hours. Internal refurbishment and layout alterations will be undertaken to create two alternative provision teaching spaces on the ground floor together with ancillary supporting rooms.? Access is also to be provided internally between the original houses at first floor level.? Access to and from the building itself will remain as existing but with new doors in the existing positions.? Externally, some localised landscaping will be undertaken to improve the existing usable external space as the building has been unused for a number of years.
As published by the council, reference CEA/356066/26
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Apr 2026
Received by Oldham
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16 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Permission
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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CEU/356297/26 Granted
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Certificate of lawful application - The property has been operating as a House of Multiple Occupancy (C4) since prior to article 4 coming into effect in January 2026. The property has been a House of Multiple Occupancy for over 4 years.
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CEA/356550/26 Awaiting decision
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