Planning application
Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
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
- Refused As published: 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.
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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)
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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE REF CERT LAWFUL U/O PROP
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- 1303-01 LEESBROOK EXISTING A1 12APR26
- 1303-03C LEESBROOK PROPOSED A1 12APR26
- 1303-BLP LEESBROOK EP BLOCK PLAN A3 21APR26
- 1303-LOC LEESBROOK EP LOCATION PLAN A3 21APR26
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