23 Merston Drive Manchester M20 5NT

138912/LP/2023Certificate Lawful Develpmnt ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Enlargement of dwellinghouse with a side dormer.

Received: 27 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Didsbury East Ward

ReceivedReceived27 Dec
ValidatedValidated27 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 23 Merston Drive Manchester M20 5NT. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Didsbury East Ward. We hold 641 applications in total for the M20 postcode area.

78% of outline applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: M20 5NT
Application type: Certificate Lawful Develpmnt Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12686078
Comments: 0
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Source: Manchester

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