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Faulkner House, Elm Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6AJ

PA/2026/0149Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Conversion of first floor offices (use class E) to 13 bedroom (13 person) House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (sui generis) with installation of 1no. window to side elevation and 3no. windows to rear elevation

Submitted
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Swinton and Wardley Ward
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Faulkner House, Elm Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6AJ. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Swinton and Wardley 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 proposed development would introduce a noise-sensitive residential use into an established employment and industrial area, where future occupants would be subjected to significant noise and disturbance. As a result, the scheme would fail to provide acceptable living conditions or an adequate level of residential amenity, given the combined impacts of elevated noise levels, dependence on mechanical ventilation, the need for windows to remain closed, and the limited size of internal living spaces. Furthermore, locating new residential units at the heart of a long-standing employment area is likely to place unreasonable constraints on neighbouring businesses through the potential for future noise complaints. Accordingly, the proposal is contrary to Policies EC1, D5 and PH1 of the Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations (SLP:DMP) and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 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
M27 6AJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026
Application expires
2 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

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: 2024 HMO Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: 365 Chorley Road Swinton M27 6AYRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

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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