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Pavilion House Wythenshawe Sports Ground Willenhall Road Manchester M23 0BD

144600/VO/2025Regulation 3 ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

City Council Development - Refurbishment of existing sports pavilion (Class F2) involving a partial change of use to provide: a weightlifting gym (Class E), ancillary cafe and community room, external alterations, CCTV and lighting, reconfiguration to the existing hard landscaping to enable a widened pedestrian footpath, installation of external plant and enclosure and other associated works.

Received
24 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Northenden Ward
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Pavilion House Wythenshawe Sports Ground Willenhall Road Manchester M23 0BD. Manchester has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Northenden Ward. We hold 696 applications in total for the M23 postcode area.

86% of all 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
M23 0BD
Application type
Regulation 3 Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 January 2026
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Permission expires
16 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Butler Associates
Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Publicity

Site notice end
5 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14425404
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Manchester
  • 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, conservation 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 144600/VO/2025

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentOTH-2026-001925
  2. 2026
    9 Jun

    Non-material amendment to Planning Permission 144600/VO/2025

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentOTH-2026-000635
  3. 2025
    24 Nov

    City Council Development - Refurbishment of existing sports pavilion (Class F2) involving a partial change of…

    This applicationApprovedOther144600/VO/2025

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