EXCLUSIVE

AMBITIOUS plans to build a palatial seven bedroomed house in the heart of one of Oldham’s most deprived areas have been submitted.

If planning consent is granted by Oldham Council planners, the house on Waterloo Street, opposite St Mark’s Church, Glodwick, would occupy an area of 1,000 sq feet.

If it gets the green light, the development would take the space of up to 11, two up two down terraced houses that would sit alongside it on Waterloo Street.

The ground floor of the new mansion style property includes a large entrance, double stairway, a family room, an open plan kitchen and a dining room with a family area with six car parking spaces in the enclosed grounds.

On the first floor there will be five bedrooms with en-suite facilities including five shower rooms, a wet room and a large bathroom together with two master bedrooms with dressing rooms and washing facilities.

The submitted plan include a stone finish with an imposing front elevation, with slate roof and stone walls with metal railings and gates.

The application has been submitted by Mr Z Iqbal of Brompton Street, Oldham, and the agent acting on behalf of Mr Iqbal is David Ormesher.

The Oldham Times contacted Oldham Council to find out why the application last week had been rubber stamped by the authority when gaps were apparent in the submitted application. By Monday of this week some of the gaps had been helpfully amended.

We asked the council if any assessment had been carried out on the likely impact such a private dwelling would have in the area or small residential terraced housing.

A spokesman responded: “The application has only been in an officer’s hand for a week, therefore a site visit will be carried out in due course.

“Once a site visit has been carried out a judgement will be made by the case officer and if necessary either changes will be made to the application, or a decision to approve or refuse the application will be made.

“Due to the relatively early nature of the application, no decision has been made on the application as yet.”

The spokesman added: “All neighbouring properties which share a common boundary with the site have been notified by letter, furthermore, a site notice will be placed on site in the next week.

“The application has a statutory expiry date of 20/09/2018, a decision should be reached by then, which may or may not involve the decision being made by the council’s planning committee.”