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16 Alness Road Manchester M16 8ET

141415/FO/2024Full planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 23 December 2024

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) to create 15no. self-contained residential units for short stay homelessness accommodation (Sui Generis) with associated support services; together with the erection of a single storey rear extension, installation of wheelchair platform lift and provision of external steps to the rear, elevational alterations, works to roof coverings, car parking, installation of cycle parking and bin store, and associated external works.

Received
31 October 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Whalley Range
Agent
Building Sense Limited
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Alness Road Manchester M16 8ET. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whalley Range conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Whalley Range. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

87% of full 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
M16 8ET
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
15

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2024
Consultation expiry
10 December 2024
Consultation end
3 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2024
Committee meeting
19 December 2024
Application expires
26 December 2024
Permission expires
23 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Building Sense Limited
Agent address
6 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M20 6TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 December 2024
Site notice end
6 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13513064
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Whalley Range

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 (21)

flood storage 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    27 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle and Bin Store) attached to planning permission 141415/FO/2024

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/1134
  2. 2025
    16 Apr

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Materials), 6 (Cycle and Bin Store), 8 (Electric Vehicle Charging) and 11 (Tree…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0367
  3. 2024
    31 Oct

    Change of Use from House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) to create 15no. self-contained residential…

    This applicationApprovedFull141415/FO/2024

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