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Planning and Building Control ensure the effective management of the built and natural environment. We also manage the development plan process and conservation of the built environment. Use the links on the right for the relevant services.
In addition to being able to submit a Building Regulations Application on-line, you can now track the progress of your Building Regulations Application (providing that you gave us your e-mail address upon submission) and view key documents and site inspection details relating to your application. Simply Register and Login here to access either service.
Anyone can now also search for a Building Regulations Application that has been made for a property or a parcel of land in the Borough without the need to Register or Login. Follow this link and perform a search.
We have further enhanced the search page for Planning Applications. You can now send comments directly to us using a form to ensure we have the relevant details, and you can now access plans and documents for applications online.
You can now also search for details of Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Blue Plaques online.
View the full list of e-planning services available here.
The UDP was formally adopted on the 14th July 2006 and now supersedes the previous Unitary Development Plan that was adopted in April 1996.
The UDP took effect from this date and is part of the statutory Development Plan for the Borough. It provides the framework for all new developments and will be used to inform decisions relating to the determination of planning applications. To guide these decisions the UDP sets out policies and proposals for the development and use of land in the Borough. The UDP identifies the sites in the Borough where it is proposed to permit housing, employment and shopping developments, amongst others, to take place.
An interactive proposals map has now been produced. This online version of the proposals map provides links between areas shown on the map and the policies/proposals that relate to the areas. To view the proposals map, click on the map or the link below.
Click here for further information on the Adopted Unitary Development Plan.
The Council is also preparing a new plan called the Oldham Local Development Scheme (LDS), which will in time replace the revised UDP. Click here for more information about the Local Development Scheme.
Further information on the Development Plan process is available on the Planning Portal, the national source of planning information. The Portal also provides a useful source of information on planning, planning appeals, research and studying for a career in planning.
Following the successful introduction of online planning application submissions last year, you can now apply online for Building Regulations applications. You can also make planning applications online through the Planning Portal.
The Council’s Building Control Group ensure that the health, safety and welfare of people in and about buildings is safeguarded. Building designs and subsequent site works are supervised to national standards known as the Building Regulations.
Our Building Control Officers inspect all types of building works; from minor domestic drainage alterations to major projects such as the construction of large industrial buildings and schemes.