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
Installation of handrails and access ladders at roof level.
As published by the council, reference 26/00568/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00568/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 26 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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26/00463/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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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 Jul 2026
Received by Tameside
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14 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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26 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - ENV HEALTH
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - LHA
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN CHARLESWORTH BUILDING
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS CHARLESWORTH BUILDING SHEET 1 OF 2
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS CHARLESWORTH BUILDING SHEET 2 OF 2
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN CHARLESWORTH BUILDING
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS CHARLESWORTH BUILDING SHEET 1 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS CHARLESWORTH BUILDING SHEET 2 OF 2
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN HARTSHEAD BUILDING
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS HARTSHEAD BUILDING SHEET 1 OF 2
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS HARTSHEAD BUILDING SHEET 2 OF 2
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN HARTSHEAD BUILDING
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS HARTSHEAD BUILDING SHEET 1 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS HARTSHEAD BUILDING SHEET 2 OF 2
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ACCESS LADDER
- EVORAIL STANDARD O&M MANUAL
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tameside granted permission on 26 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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