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Dismissed7 November 20253338071

Land at Station Road/Harrop Green Lane, Diggle, Saddleworth, Oldham, Lancashire , OL3 5PZ

Planning appeal 3338071 at Land at Station Road/Harrop Green Lane, Diggle, Saddleworth, Oldham, Lancashire , OL3 5PZ (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 November 2025 by Inspector Russell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed construction of a bungalow and associated works would have been lawful for the purposes of s191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 if begun on 1 November 2023.

Construction of a 2 bedroom stone bungalow with associated works including new access from Harrop Green Lane, hard standing for two vehicles, turning area, gabion stone wall, services connection, and wire fence

Authority
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Russell J
Postcode
OL3 5LJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed construction of a bungalow and associated works would have been lawful for the purposes of s191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 if begun on 1 November 2023

What decided it

The proposed development would constitute development requiring planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and no such permission had been granted as of the application date of 1 November 2023.

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