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144334/FO/2025 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of eight townhouses (Use Class C3a). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Oct 2025
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Approved
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Committee · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Manchester Planning Committee on 9 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the homes would regenerate a sustainable brownfield site without unduly harmful impacts.
  • Residents objected over daylight, openness, waste collection, servicing, enclosure and the cumulative effect of nearby development.
  • The committee approved the application subject to the report’s conditions and an additional condition requiring swift bricks.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Manchester's committee minutes of 9 Apr 2026.

Documents 37

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Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Air quality management area: Manchester AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Floodgate on East Side of Knott Mill Bridge, Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Flood defence about 14 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Scheduled monument about 232 m away: Remains of eastern wall of the Roman fort; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Manchester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 18 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
Received
22 Oct 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Ward
Deansgate
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 170 days from validation, 114 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Committee
9 Apr 2026
Manchester
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#68 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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