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2 Willows Road, Salford, M5 5TA

PA/2026/0097Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from a 3 bedroom dwellinghouse (use class C3) to a 5 bedroom 5 person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (use class C4)

Submitted
6 May 2026
Ward
Weaste and Seedley Ward
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Willows Road, Salford, M5 5TA. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Weaste and Seedley Ward. We hold 113 applications in total for the M5 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 proposed development includes several bedrooms between 6.51m2 to 10.22m2 which requires and a separate living room of 11m2, failing to meet the Council’s Standards for Houses in Multiple Occupation. Given the above, the development would offer a cramped and rudimentary form of accommodation. It is considered the development does not support strong, vibrant, and healthy communities and does not achieve a high standard of amenity for its occupants. In addition, it has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that bedroom 5 (basement) would receive sufficient amounts of natural light and outlook. Consequently, the development is contrary to Policies D5, F3, H2 and HH1 of the Publication Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations and the National Planning Policy Framework. Article 35 Declaration The proposal would not improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area nor does it comply with the development plan and therefore does not comprise sustainable development. There were no amendments to the scheme, or conditions which could reasonably have been imposed, which could have made the development acceptable and it was therefore not possible to approve the application.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M5 5TA
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Target decision date
29 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: 2018 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.

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: Salford

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