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224A Burton Road Manchester M20 2LW

144130/FO/2025Full Application ConsentRefused
Full

Refused on 9 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of garage from storage to cafe (Use Class E(b)) and erection of a new shop front.

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Didsbury West Ward
Agent
Muse Architects
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 224A Burton Road Manchester M20 2LW. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Albert Park, West Didsbury conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Didsbury West Ward. We hold 639 applications in total for the M20 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
M20 2LW
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Muse Architects
Architect profile
MUSE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
455 Chester Road Manchester M16 9HA

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 December 2025
Site notice end
2 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14319772
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Albert Park, West Didsbury
  • Flood zone 1: Low 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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