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Pavilion House Manchester University Sports Ground Willenhall Road Manchester M23 0BD

145658/FO/2026Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Creation of 4 no. 3G Artificial Grass Pitches (APGs) with perimeter fencing, hardstanding areas, 18 no. floodlighting columns (15 metres in height) together with the siting of a maintenance storage container and a container

Submitted
16 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northenden
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Pavilion House Manchester University Sports Ground Willenhall Road Manchester M23 0BD. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 20 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Northenden. We hold 696 applications in total for the M23 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
M23 0BD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Consultation expiry
3 June 2026
Consultation end
3 June 2026
Application expires
16 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
37

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.

Source: Manchester

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