Planning application
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
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Proposal
Construction of a new energy centre and compound within the existing car park adjacent to the Charlesworth Building, including two Water Source Heat Pumps, thermal storage, associated pipework, a generator, oil storage tanks, and two dual-fuel Low Temperature Hot Water boilers with externally mounted flues on the Charlesworth Building. All plant will be housed within steel, GRP and acoustic enclosures up to 5 metres in height and enclosed by security fencing. Four Air Source Heat Pumps will be installed on the Charlesworth building roof, and one Air Source Heat Pump will also be installed on the roof of the Pathology Building. The development also includes the installation of electric vehicle charging comprising ten charging points, five charging pedestals and a distribution board housed within a GRP enclosure adjacent to the chargers.
As published by the council, reference 26/00405/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00405/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Ashton-under-Lyne St Michaels
- Parish
- Ashton-under-lyne
- Postcode
- OL6 9RW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tameside register
This site has had 10 applications since 2020: 8 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00068/TPO Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
T19 Ash - Remove remaining main stem Approved
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26/00568/FUL Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Installation of handrails and access ladders at roof level.
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26/00463/NPV Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Prior approval for installation of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels at the above site under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The Solar PV system will be 314.18 kWp, to be installed across both pitched and flat roof areas of the building.
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24/00859/FUL Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Erection of a two-storey maternity theatre building including breakthrough to existing hospital with associated drainage and landscaping.
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24/00078/TPO Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
G14 Ash x3 - Fell
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23/00327/FUL Withdrawn
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Single Storey Modular MRI Building Extension to existing Major Hospital
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21/00042/PLCOND Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Discharge of conditions 13 (solar panels) and 15 (plant and/or ventilation equipment) of planning permission 19/00503/FUL.
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21/00041/PLCOND Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Discharge of condition 10 (Crime Impact Statement) of planning permission 19/00503/FUL.
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20/00143/PLCOND Granted
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-Under-Lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Discharge of condition 7 (hard and soft landscaping) of planning permission ref. 19/00503/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 May 2026
Received by Tameside
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27 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tameside took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd Agent, registered in Blackburn
Active · incorporated 2000 · Blackburn
21 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
49 documents on file for this application
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - UNITED UTILITIES, 28.08.2026
- AIR QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BNG METRIC
- BNG LANDSCAPE PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN DESIGN STAGE REPORT
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - ENVHEALTH, 29.07.2026
- PLANT NOISE ASSESSMENT
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - GMEU
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - CONTAMINATED LAND
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - CONTAM, 22.06.2026
- ACOUSTIC TECHNICAL NOTE
- PRELIMINARY ARBORICULTURAL SURVEY SCHEDULE
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - ENVHEALTH 12.06.2026
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - LHA 08.06.2026
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - COAL AUTHORITY
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - TREES
- ARBORICULTURAL SURVEY SCHEDULE
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- CAR CHARGING EXISTING SITE PLAN
- CAR CHARGING PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- NEW FOUNTAIN HOUSE EXISTING SITE PLAN
- NEW FOUNTAIN HOUSE PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- SITE & RED LINE BOUNDARY DRAWING
- NEW FOUNTAIN HOUSE EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- NEW FOUNTAIN HOUSE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SOUTH WEST ELEVATION
- APPLICATION FORM
- ENERGY CENTRE GA
- ENERGY CENTRE ELEVATIONS
- ROOF TOP LOCATED ASHP WEIGHTS & SETTING OUT PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SOUTH WEST ELEVATION
- EXISTING SOUTH EAST ELEVATION
- EXISTING NORTH WEST ELEVATION
- EXISTING NORTH EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SOUTH EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NORTH WEST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NORTH EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED LHTW SITE WIDE DISTRIBUTION LAYOUT VIEW
- EV CHARGER DETAIL
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- MULTIFUNCTION HEAT PUMP AIR-WATER
- PRODUCT SPECIFICATION - UNIT OVERVIEW
- PRODUCT SPECIFICATION - UNIT OVERVIEW
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