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20 Kensington Road Manchester M21 9QJ

141558/FO/2024Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3(a)) to a children's care home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of three children

Received
20 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorlton Ward
Agent
JS Planning Services
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Kensington Road Manchester M21 9QJ. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Chorlton Ward. We hold 471 applications in total for the M21 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
M21 9QJ
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2024
Consultation expiry
29 December 2024
Consultation end
29 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2024
Permission expires
7 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
JS Planning Services
Agent address
9 Ash Grove Chinley SK23 6BQ

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13578186
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Cycle storage to be approved) and 6 (Staff travel information pack) attached to…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsOTH-2026-002110
  2. 2024
    20 Nov

    Change of use from residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3(a)) to a children's care home (Use Class C2) for a…

    This applicationApprovedFull141558/FO/2024

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