Planning application
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 26/00463/NPV
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00463/NPV
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 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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26/00405/FUL Awaiting decision
Tameside General Hospital Fountain Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9RW
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.
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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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9 Jun 2026
Received by Tameside
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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
30 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - ENVIRO SERVICES
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - LHA
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING CHARLESWORTH BUILDING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED CHARLSWORTH BUILDING BLOCK PLAN
- CHARLSWORTH BUILDING FLAT ROOF ELEVATION
- EXISTING HARTSHEAD BUILDING NORTH BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED HARTSHEAD BUILDING NORTH BLOCK PLAN
- HARTSHEAD BUILDING NORTHTYPICAL PITCHED ROOF ELEVATION
- EXISTING HARTSHEAD BUILDING RESTAURANT BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED HARTSHEAD BUILDING RESTAURANT BLOCK PLAN
- PITCHED ROOF ELEVATION
- EXISTING LADYSMITH BUILDING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED LADYSMITH BUILDING BLOCK PLAN
- LADYSMITH BUILDING TYPICAL PITHED ROOF ELEVATION
- EXISTING MEDICAL RECORDSBLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED MEDICAL RECORDSBLOCK PLAN
- MEDICAL RECORDSTYPICAL PITCHED ROOF ELEVATION
- EXISTING RENAL UNITBLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED RENAL UNITBLOCK PLAN
- RENAL UNITTYPICAL PITCHED ROOF ELEVATION
- DOUBLE GLASS BI FACIAL MODULES
- SOLIS THREE PHASE INVERTERS
- SOLIS THREE PHASE INVERTERS - S5-GC(25-40)K
- S5-GC(50-60)K SOLIS THREE PHASE GRID-TIED INVERTERS
- STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT REPORTS
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
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Tameside granted permission on 3 August 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.
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