Planning application
National Grid Substation Land Off Broadgate Oldham
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of condition 3 (Noise) associated with application VAR/353062/24.
As published by the council, reference CND/356920/26
Application record
- Reference
- CND/356920/26
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 2 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Chadderton South
- Decision by
- Schedule 1
Site history
Applications at this address on the Oldham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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FUL/350175/22 Granted
National Grid Substation Land Off Broadgate Oldham
The development of an electrical connection between the approved Whitegate Battery Storage Facility (planning application reference: FUL/348501/22) and National Grid's Substation off Broadgate, Oldham.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2026
Received by Oldham
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7 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oldham took a median of 68 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: VAR/353062/24 (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 26-313 WHITEGATE BESS - NOISE COMMISSIONING TEST
- CONDITION 3 COVER LETTER
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Oldham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oldham's median decision took 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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