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4 Westminster Avenue, Manchester, M16 0AN

PLA-2026-000137Lawful development: ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 July 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to use as a small children's home for up to two children aged 7 to 18 (Use Class C2), with care provided by non-resident staff on a 24-hour rota.

Submitted
29 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whalley Range
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 4 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, MANCHESTER, M16 0AN. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Whalley Range. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

78% of outline 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 0AN
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Application expires
3 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14897813
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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