Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice varied and upheld2 March 20223287262

Land at 260 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 6JR

Planning appeal 3287262 at Land at 260 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 6JR (Manchester City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 March 2022 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the area.

the erection of a canopy to the front

Authority
Manchester City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
retail · Minor retail and services
Inspector
Phillips A
Postcode
M14 6JR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The canopy's poor quality materials, flimsy makeshift appearance, and visual prominence at a major road junction make it a visually intrusive and incongruous feature that harms the character and appearance of the area contrary to development plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP1Policy DM1Policy EN1Saved Policy DC14.1

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

200 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Manchester City Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Notice upheld12 June 20263368073
    133 Beech Road, Manchester, M21 9EQ
  2. Notice varied and upheld3 June 20263368799
    8 James Leach V C Road, Manchester, M40 7PW
  3. Notice varied and upheld23 March 20263354506
    140A Kirkmanshulme Lane, Manchester, M12 4TF
  4. Notice upheld27 February 20263372339
    393 Dickenson Road, Manchester, M13 0WG
  5. Notice upheld27 February 20263366978
    Aura Lounge, 72 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 5AL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.