Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan

Saddleworth Parish Council submitted an application for the designation of Saddleworth Parish

Council boundary as a neighbourhood area with the intention of preparing a Neighbourhood

Plan. The application covered the whole parish area (an application was also made to the Peak

District National Park Authority which covers part of the Parish Council area).

Saddleworth Neighbourhood Development Plan – Regulation

16 consultation

Oldham Council is inviting representations on behalf of both itself and the Peak District National

Park Authority on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents, in line

with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations (Regulation 16) from 10th June 2026 until

11.59pm on 24th July 2026

The documents available to view include:

• Statement of Availability
• Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan
• Map of Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan area
• Consultation Statement (this has a separate appendix)
• Basic Conditions Statement and Addendum
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Determination Statement
• Habitats Regulation Assessment
• Equalities Impact Assessment
• Local Green Space Assessment
• Regulation 15 Decision Statement

Hard copies of the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents can be found at:

• Libraries in Delph, Greenfield, Lees and Uppermill - (library opening times and locations)
• Oldham Council’s Spindles Shopping Centre reception (please press the intercom for reception and go upstairs to the second floor), West Street, Oldham, OL1 1LF (open Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm);
• Peak District National Park Authority’s office at Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AE from 8.45am to 5pm Monday to Friday (closed bank holidays).

How to comment

Consultation on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents is taking

place from 10th June 2026 until

11.59pm on 24th July 2026

If you wish to be notified of the Oldham Council’s and the Peak District National Park Authority's

decision whether to make (adopt) or refuse to make the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan

under Regulation 19 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations, please make this clear in your representation.

The Council is keen to promote the submission of comments electronically and encourage anyone

with appropriate facilities to make their responses in this way.

Comments can be sent by email to: spi.consultations@oldham.gov.uk

Or you can post your comments to:

Comments on the Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan and its supporting documents must be

received by 11.59pm on 24th July 2026

Please do not send comments to Saddleworth Parish Council or the Peak District National Park

Authority.

How your comments will be held

Please note all comments will be held by Oldham Council and will be available to view publicly.

Comments cannot be treated as confidential. Your personal information, such as your postal

and e-mail address, will not be published, but your name and

organisation (if relevant) will.

Data Protection

Details of our core data protection and commitments are set out in the council's primary privacy

notice and service privacy notice for Strategic Planning and Information are both available on the

council's data protection web pages.

• Oldham Council data protection information
• Strategic Planning and Information privacy notice

Next Steps

Saddleworth Parish Council will begin to prepare a neighbourhood plan with advice and assistance

from Oldham Council and the Peak District National Park Authority. The National Planning Practice

Guidance sets out the key stages of neighbourhood planning:

• Step 1: Designate a neighbourhood area;
• Step 2: Preparing a draft neighbourhood plan or order;
• Step 3: Pre-submission publicity and consultation;
• Step 4: Submission of a neighbourhood plan or order proposal to the local planning authority.                                                                        At this point the proposals are published for 6 weeks and representations are invited;
• Step 5: Independent Examination;
• Step 6: Referendum; and
• Step 7: Making the neighbourhood plan or order (bringing it into force)

Once passed, the neighbourhood plan will become part of the statutory development plan and will be

used to determine planning applications alongside the Local Plan for that neighbourhood area.

Oldham Council in consultation with the Peak District National Park Authority and the three statutory

bodies (the Environment Agency, Natural England and Historic England) has screened whether the

plan requires a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA). The screening statement is now available to view.

• Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan: Determination Statement (SEA screening)

Further information will be available as the neighbourhood plan progresses

More information on Saddleworth Parish Council  can be found on the following website.

• Saddleworth Parish Council

Designation of neighbourhood area

The application to designate Saddleworth Parish Council boundary as a neighbourhood area

approved at the Peak District National Park Authority Planning Committee on Friday 11 November

2016. It was also approved at the Oldham Council Cabinet on Monday 21 November 2016. In

accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) the Council

has publicised a decision notice and map setting out the following information.

(a) the name of the neighbourhood area;
(b) a map which identifies the area; and
(c) the name of the relevant body who applied for the designation.

These are available to view below:

• Saddleworth Neighbourhood Area Decision Notice;
• Saddleworth Parish Council neighbourhood area map;
• Summary of comments received; and
• Supporting letter by Saddleworth Parish Council

Details of the decision are also available to view on the Oldham Council Website