Higher Openshaw Community School Saunton Road Manchester M11 1AJ
Approved on 7 September 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
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Proposal
City Council Development for the erection of new dedicated SEN modular block with canopy following removal of temporary modular classroom block.
- Received
- 13 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Clayton & Openshaw
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation9 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Higher Openshaw Community School Saunton Road Manchester M11 1AJ. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Clayton & Openshaw. We hold 274 applications in total for the M11 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
- M11 1AJ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 May 2026
- Application expires
- 8 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Manchester City Council
- Agent address
- Town Hall Extension St Peter's Square Manchester M60 2LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 Approximately 100 Metres West of Edge LaneOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Crabtree LaneRegister site at or near this address
- 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, conservation areas, 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.
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