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Land at rear of 151 Swinton Hall Road, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 4AU

PA/2025/1819Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Retention of ten existing steel storage containers

Submitted
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Swinton Park Ward
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land at rear of 151 Swinton Hall Road, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 4AU. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Salford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Swinton Park Ward. We hold 1,245 applications in total for the M27 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Salford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The stacked storage containers, whilst of a form and function that matches their visual appearance, have no architectural merit. The existing buildings within the industrial estate are primarily low level, single storey brick and clad warehouse buildings. The containers are located directly to the rear of the No.151 Swinton Hall Road in an open yard area with a high degree of visual prominence in the street and would appear incongruous when set amongst the low-level appearance of the warehouse buildings and residential dwelling. Consequently, the development would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the area as a result of their size, bulk, height, and design and siting contrary to policies D1 and D2 of the Salford Local Plan.
  2. There is a residential dwelling located at No. 151 Swinton Hall Road. The 10 storage containers are double stacked and located to the north of the dwellings rear boundary fence. The LPA considers that by reason of their size and siting, the 10 containers results in a development that has an overbearing and oppressive impact on the occupiers of no.151 Swinton Hall contrary to policy D5 of the Local Plan and the relevant polices within the National Planning Policvy Framework. Article 35 Declaration The Local Planning Authority offered solutions to the applicant in order to make the development acceptable. The applicant was however unwilling to amend the plans. Without these amendments the development would not improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area and therefore does not comprise sustainable development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M27 4AU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026
Application expires
17 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: 2024 HMO Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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