June planning round up, including former pub being replaced

The Oldham Times has selected some of the biggest planning stories from last month.

Proposed house in historic area rejected

A proposal to build a house near Green Belt land and Grade II listed buildings was rejected despite planning committee members being recommended to approve it.

On May 5, Oldham Council's planning committee met to discuss plans to build a four-bedroom house on land off Stockport Road in Lydgate.

The proposed site lies near to St Anne's Church and the White Hart Inn, both of which are Grade II listed buildings, with the site also being just 45 metres north of the Lydgate Conservation Area and near Green Belt land.

The land where the house would be built, with St Anne's Church in the background (Image: Google Maps)

Three previous applications had been submitted to build the home, all of which have been rejected, however, on this occasion, the plans were recommended for approval.

Despite this, members of the committee decided to reject the plans following a tense discussion.

Former pub to make way for convenience store

Plans to demolish a former pub and replace it with a convenience store have been approved.

The Owd Tatts pub, on Butler Green, Chadderton, is currently boarded up having been closed since 2018 and has become a fly-tipping hotspot according to a councillor.

A CGI design of the development (Image: studioPH architecture)

Now, a convenience store, which will operate between 7am and 11pm and will create 15 jobs, will take the space.

Some residents had opposed the plans due to concerns over parking, a loss of privacy and noise, but the plans have been approved.

Children's home approved despite objections

A specialist children’s home has been approved on a residential road in Oldham despite objections from residents.

The home on Oak Close, Werneth will look to provide a new life for young people who have suffered from abuse or neglect, according to applicants Safe Children’s Care. 

Oak Close, Werneth

But more than 20 street residents objected to the plans, claiming the home would exacerbate "existing problems with anti-social behaviour" in the area. 

The plans promised the home will operate "as close to a normal dwellinghouse as possible" while providing therapeutic care "to help [the children] get over the traumas of their earlier childhood". 

Apporval of plans sees three adjacent HMOs

Plans to turn a terraced house into an eight-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO), which already sits between two HMOs, have been given the go-ahead.

A proposal was submitted to convert the three-storey brick Victorian terraced property on Pole Lane in Failsworth into a HMO with a single-storey extension.

The property on Pole Lane (Image: Google Maps)

The two adjacent properties on either side are also in use as HMOs, providing accommodation for up to 10 and seven people respectively.

Now, the property in question will follow suit, providing eight bedrooms in total.