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Vacant Former Scrapyard Boat Lane Manchester M22 4HR

144507/FO/2025Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 September 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)22 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 5no. 3-storey four-bedroom terraced houses together with associated car parking.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Northenden
Agent
Bernard Taylor Partnership Limited
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 261 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Vacant Former Scrapyard Boat Lane Manchester M22 4HR. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 261 days, 29 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Northenden conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Northenden. We hold 1,741 applications in total for the M22 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
M22 4HR
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
3 February 2026
Consultation end
26 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2026
Application expires
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bernard Taylor Partnership Limited
Architect profile
BERNARD TAYLOR PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
Elizabeth House 486 Didsbury Road Stockport SK4 3BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
128 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 February 2026
Site notice end
30 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14319819
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northenden
  • Green belt: ManchesterPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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