Land At 85 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4HY Data via plota.co.uk
Deferred at planning committee on 24 September 2026. No decision has been made yet.
Proposal
Erection of a 17-storey residential apartment building (Use Class C3 (a), with associated access, amenity, landscaping, public realm, infrastructure and other associated works following demolition of existing vacant building on site. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 191.
Planning committee
Deferred by Manchester Planning Committee on 24 Sept 2026.
Deferred
- Officers advised approval because the housing, regeneration, environmental and economic benefits outweighed heritage harm.
- Objectors raised concerns about heritage harm, the roof-terrace gap, affordable housing, structural impacts and viability.
- The Committee deferred the application for a site visit to assess the building’s relationship with the listed public house.
Source: Plota analysis of Manchester's committee minutes of 24 Sept 2026.
Documents 121
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 14
Plans & drawings 40
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 25
Other documents 38
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Manchester
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- M4 4HY
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Piccadilly
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Vanessa Rowell
Decision outlook
Day 191, past the statutory target. 90% of demolitions in Manchester are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 29 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Manchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Manchester decision record →
Public comments
96% object · above the UK average of 74%
Last counted 29 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 27 May 2026
- Committee
- 22 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Manchester ranks #146 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
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The consultation period closed on 27 May 2026.