4 Acre House Shentonfield Road Manchester M22 4RW Data via plota.co.uk

144595/FO/2025 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Change of Use of existing B2 building to laundry (Sui Generis) to extend existing laundry site including extensions Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Nov 2025
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Validated
14 Dec 2025
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Approved
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Wythenshawe built-up area; Air quality management area about 57 m away: Manchester AQMA.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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
M22 4RW
Received
13 Nov 2025
Validated
14 Dec 2025
Ward
Sharston
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
David Ormesher

How this decision compares

Decided in 116 days from validation, 60 days slower than Manchester's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
632decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Manchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Manchester decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Manchester
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#68 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Manchester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #174 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #84 of 296
65%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #146 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #59 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
54 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
49 decided
1,924
Total decisions
242 refused in the year to March 2026