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PA/2025/1701 - Full planning permission Refused

Proposal

Continued use of the premises for bread manufacturing and retention of two external wall-mounted extraction fans and a roof-mounted extraction flue. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
31 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
25 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
2018 HMO Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 150 m away: Weaste Cemetery; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Salford built-up area.
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, 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £377,500 in January 2025. Other property, freehold.

27 January 2025£377,500Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
6 March 2018£155,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area292 m² (3,143 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 84)
UseB8 Storage or Distribution
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Salford
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
M50 1DU
Received
27 Nov 2025
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Weaste and Seedley Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 26% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Salford in the last twelve months, from validation. Salford decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 neutral

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Aug 2026
Salford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#200 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Salford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #206 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Salford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #115 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #90 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #206 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #243 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
40 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
75 decided
737
Total decisions
76 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.