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Alexandra Park Housing Office 130 Alexandra Road Manchester M16 7WD

145287/VO/2026Full planning permissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from Commercial, business and service (Class E) to 20 No. residential units for short stay homelessness accommodation (sui generis) involving erection of extension, external alterations and internal refurbishment and remodelling

Received
9 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moss Side
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 August.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Alexandra Park Housing Office 130 Alexandra Road Manchester M16 7WD. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Moss Side. 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 7WD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
20

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 August 2026
Consultation end
28 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2026
Application expires
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Manchester City Council
Agent address
Capital Programmes & Procurement Corporate Services Directorate PO Box 532 Town Hall Manchester M60 2LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
141 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 May 2026
Site notice end
9 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14732740
Comments
0
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
  • Brownfield land register: Former children's centre, Adscombe StreetRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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