This page enables you to access a digest of recent planning applications in the Shaw and Crompton Wards of Oldham Council. If you have any comments, observations or challenges please contact me via the reply facility on this page of my website or contact Oldham Council Planning Division (OMBC) on 0161 770 4105 or Shaw and Crompton Parish Council on 01706 847590.
Summary of current status of applications and decisions as at 11th June, 2012:
PA/330852/11 J & B Fitton Ltd Cowlishaw Abattoir, Shaw
Outline application for extension to existing abattoir. Access, Appearance, Layout and Scale to be considered. Landscaping to be reserved. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
MMA/331905/12
Lilac Mill, Beal Lane, Shaw
Minor material amendment application to previously approved PA/58754/10 to 1) Lowering staircase to parapet to link building 2) Retention of existing ground level 3) Removal of first floor shutter access door 4) Repositioning of personal access doors 5)Indentification of roof lights and smoke vents 6) External level changes to surrounding landform
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
PA/332125/12 Mr Ashworth
Burn Farm, Buckstones Road, Shaw
Change of use of agricultural building to a mixed agricultural and commercial storage use
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Refuse on the grounds that the storage use will result in traffic hazards resulting from access to and egress from the site. OMBC status: Granted
PA/332126/12 Mr Ashworth
Burn Farm, Buckstones Road, Shaw
1 Change of use of agricultural buildings to commercial equine uses including stabling and an indoor horse exercising arena. 2 Formation of a menage – outside horse exercising area. 3 Change of use of first floor of agricultural building to office Class B1. 4 Installation of external staircase to office. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
HH/332137/12 Mr P Barry
Breezy Crescent, Buckstones Road, Shaw
1 Demolition of existing stable 2 Erection of single storey building to create stable/garage. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
PA/332199/12 Mrs Prenty, Top Greenhill Farm, Mossgate Road, Shaw
Erection of a 21.9m high wind turbine (re-submission of PA/0331574/11)
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Refuse on the grounds that 1) The proposal represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt; 2) The proposed wind turbine, by reason of its design, height, scale and positioning would introduce an excessively intrusive, overbearing and incongruous feature that would be seriously harmful to the openness and visual amenities of the surrounding area and conflict with the Green Belt policy aims of preventing urban sprawl and encroachment into the Green Belt. OMBC status: Granted.
HH/332242/12 Mr T Diamond, 15 Rushbury Drive, Royton
First floor side extension to form bedroom and en-suite. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council Recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Refuse: By reason of its scale, massing and position in relation to no. 6 and no. 8 Hughley Close, the proposed first floor side extension would have an overbearing and oppressive impact when viewed from these neighbours’ ground rear elevation windows and garden area. The proposal would be significantly detrimental to the amenities of the occupiers of those neighbouring properties and is contrary to Policy 9 of the Oldham LDF Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD.
HH/332288/12 Mrs J Wright, 502 Rochdale Road, Shaw
Single storey side extension. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
CA/332290/12 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
St James Church, St James Street, Shaw. Removal of Education Statue from St James Church Yard (To be relocated to Shaw Memorial Gardens). Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
LB/332294/12 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
War Memorial, High Street, Shaw. Erection of Education Statue within Shaw Memorial Gardens which contains Crompton War Memorial Statue (Listed Building), Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
PA/332284/12 Miss L Kershaw
Shaw Memorial Gardens, West Way. Erection of monument and resurfacing of footpaths. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
LB/331463/11 Mr Frewell, 372 Rochdale Road, Shaw
Replace existing windows and doors with new. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
PA/331922/12 RBC 3B Kingdom Hall, Shaw Road
Demolition of existing place of worship and replace with a new purpose built place of worship with associated car parking and landscaping. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
PA/332113/12 Mr R Howarth, Oak Works, Moor Street, Shaw
Erection of 5 no. three storey houses. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status:Granted.
HH/332261/12 Mr & Mrs Smith, 427 Milnrow Road, Shaw
Single storey rear extension. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
AD/332293/12 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 8 Rochdale Road, Shaw
1) Externally illuminated fascia sign 2) Externally illuminated projecting sign 3) ATM signage. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
PA/332301/12 Mr M Layden, 98 Oldham Road, Shaw
Drop curb to gain access for a drive to front garden. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Refusal on the grounds that it will cause a traffic hazard. OMBC status: Refuse: There is insufficient provision for vehicles to turn within the residential curtilage so as to enable vehicles to enter and leave in forward gear and this will lead to reversing manoeuvres of vehicles within the highway to the detriment of traffic flow and highway safety and is thereby contrary to Development Management Policy 9 of the Oldham LDF.
PA/332313/12 Rowan Ashworth Ltd. Burn Farm, Buckstones Road, Shaw
Temporary installation of a caravan. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
HH/332328/12 Mrs R Southgate, 25 Cotswold Avenue, Shaw
Retrospective application for a rear conservatory. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.
PA/332343/12 Mr B Cooper, 6 Market Street, Shaw
Single storey rear extension. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: Granted.
HH/332382/12 Mr C Taylor, 54 Duchess Park Close, Shaw
Single storey rear extension. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council recommendation: Approval. OMBC status: not yet decided.