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12 Buchanan Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6EA

PA/2026/0429Change of useApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (use class C3) to a 4 bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for 4 residents (use class C4)

Submitted
31 March 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Swinton and Wardley Ward
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 Buchanan Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6EA. Salford has handled 437 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Salford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

80% of amendment applications at Salford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M27 6EA
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Target decision date
29 May 2026
Committee meeting
2 July 2026
Application expires
7 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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
  • 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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