The following planning stories relate to applications which have been either approved or submitted in the past week.
A JD Sports shop at a retail park is set to undergo works which will see it open a new entrance and expand its mezzanine level.
The shop, at Elk Mill Shopping Park in Royton, will see two new double doors installed at the front entrance along with new glazing and the existing windows being re-painted.
Inside, the mezzanine level will be enlarged by 161 square meters and the new floor space will be used for storage and staff welfare only.
According to an application report from planning officer Sophie Leech, the alterations will likely see new jobs at the shop.
The plans are said to have no impact on the design or appearance on the external building and were therefore deemed acceptable.
The application was approved on Tuesday (November 28).
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Plans have been proposed to develop six bedsits and a new retail unit in a building currently operating as a cake shop.
Sugar and Spice, on Copster Hill Road in Hathershaw, currently uses up the ground floor, while the first is empty, having previously operated as a bakery kitchen.
Now, a proposal has been put forward to add a second retail unit where the shop's bakery kitchen is and two add six en-suite bedrooms to the first floor, with each having kitchen facilities as well.
Hundreds of solar panels could be installed on the roof of a medical building near Royal Oldham Hospital.
Plans have been lodged to install 250 panels on top of Churchill House, which sits on Sheepfoot Lane, across from the hospital campus.
The building serves SpaMedica and the Oldham Kidney Centre and is adjacent to Boundary Park.
Aztec Solar Energy Ltd have forecasted that the solar panels would help to avoid approximately 45,491 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year.
Full details of all the planning applications featured are available on the Oldham Council website.
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