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£495,000

Ripponden Road, Moorside, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4

Key Features

  • Unique Development opportunity
  • Land with full planning permission for three dwellings
  • Existing 3 bedroom semi-detached property
  • Prime Moorside location

Description

Development Land! An excellent opportunity to aquire this existing semi-detached house in need of renovation + land with full planning permission for three dwellings.

Existing property (No. 736 Ripponden Road)

A spacious 3 bedroom semi - detached property offering a fantastic opportunity for value uplift. While modernisation is required throughout, the home provides a solid foundation with well-sized accommodation and excellent scope to enhance and add value.

Internally, the ground floor offers a welcoming entrance hallway, a lounge, dining room and kitchen to the rear. The first floor provides access to three good-sized bedrooms and a family bathroom, providing flexible living space, and the potential to reconfigure or extend (subject to the necessary consents).

Externally, the property benefits from a private garden area, presenting an ideal space for outdoor entertaining and scope for further landscaping. In line with the approved planning permission, the scheme also incorporates provision for off-street parking, further enhancing the practicality and long-term appeal of the property.

Land with planning permission

All details can be found on the Oldham Council planning portal under reference FUL/352616/24 - "Demolition of garage and stable blocks and erection of 3 No. dwellings with associated improvements to the access and landscaping".

Prime location on the edge of Moorside, Oldham. Just a short drive from Saddleworth and within walking distance to Besom Hill Country Park and the local Moorside amenities.

Further planning details, conditions and completed reports available on request.

The vendor is also looking to sell a plot of agricultural land to the rear of the site, we're advised this is roughly 4 acres, guide price £50,000. More details also available on request.

Viewings are highly recommended and are to be arranged via our Land and New Homes team.

These particulars are intended as a guide only and do not form part of any offer or contract. While provided in good faith, all descriptions, dimensions, and references to condition or planning potential must be verified independently by the purchaser. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Checks - As part of making an offer, we're required by law to complete Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks to confirm the identity of all purchasers. To cover the cost of this process, a fee of £48 inc VAT per buyer is payable when your offer is accepted. This is a standard requirement for all buyers and helps us ensure your offer can be progressed as quickly and smoothly as possible.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-03-15

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
59 D
74 C

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School387 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    223
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Hodge Clough Primary School888 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    443
    Type
    Community school
  • East Crompton St George's CofE School1 mileOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    122
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Buckstones Primary School1.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Community school
  • St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Waterhead Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    761
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy1.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    975
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Crompton House Church of England Academy1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,865
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Blue Coat CofE School2.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,702
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • E-ACT the Oldham Academy North2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,258
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Oldham Moorside, Oldham808 metres
Co-op Moorside Oldham, Oldham854 metres
Asda Shaw Superstore, Oldham1 mile

GP surgery

Moorside Medical Practice952 metres

Pharmacy

Hobbs Pharmacy952 metres

Hospital

Royal Oldham Hospital2.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field347 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Shaw & Crompton Rail Station (closed)1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Coleridge Road29 metres

Typical drive times

Lees9 min · 3.4 miles
Shaw6 min · 2.6 miles
Oldham9 min · 3.5 miles
Royton7 min · 2.6 miles
Manchester (city)30 min · 11 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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