Planning application
Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of ex caretakers houses from presumed C3 use (dwelling houses) to F1 use (Education)
As published by the council, reference FUL/356456/26
Application record
- Reference
- FUL/356456/26
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 26 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 26 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Saint Mary's
- 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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CEA/356066/26 Refused
Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue Oldham OL4 5JE
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jun 2026
Received by Oldham
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE GTD FULL PA
- OFFICER REPORT
- 1303-LOC LEESBROOK EP LOCATION PLAN A3 21APR26
- 1303-BLP LEESBROOK EP BLOCK PLAN A3 21APR26
- 1303-01 LEESBROOK EXISTING A1 12APR26
- 1303-03C LEESBROOK PROPOSED A1 12APR26
- 1303 LEESBROOK COU DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT 18JUN26
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Oldham granted permission on 2 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Oldham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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