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Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE

Refused Oldham CEA/356066/26 Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

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

Application record

Reference
CEA/356066/26
Type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse Permission
Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Decided
16 Jun 2026
Ward
Saint Mary's
Decision by
Development Control Delegation
Postcode
OL4 5JE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Oldham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • FUL/356456/26 Granted

    Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE

    Change of use of ex caretakers houses from presumed C3 use (dwelling houses) to F1 use (Education)

    Decided 2 Sep 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Received by Oldham

  2. 16 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse Permission

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

  • OFFICER REPORT Report · 16 Jun 2026
  • DECISION NOTICE REF CERT LAWFUL U/O PROP Decision · 16 Jun 2026
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 21 Apr 2026
  • LOCATIONPLAN The location plan · 21 Apr 2026
  • 1303-01 LEESBROOK EXISTING A1 12APR26 Plans · 21 Apr 2026
  • 1303-03C LEESBROOK PROPOSED A1 12APR26 Plans · 21 Apr 2026
  • 1303-BLP LEESBROOK EP BLOCK PLAN A3 21APR26 Block plan of the site · 21 Apr 2026
  • 1303-LOC LEESBROOK EP LOCATION PLAN A3 21APR26 Block plan of the site · 21 Apr 2026

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What this refusal means

Oldham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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