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Planning appeals in Manchester City Council

Name: Planning appeal decisions in Manchester City Council
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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Manchester City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 962 planning appeals in Manchester City Council since 2016, of which 34% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 118 decisions, 44% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 20 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

992

appeals on record since 2016

34%

of decided appeals allowed

20 wks

median receipt to decision

118

decisions in the last 12 months, 44% allowed

By appeal type

Householder164 decided

24% allowed

Minor427 decided

36% allowed

Major25 decided

20% allowed

Commercial172 decided

45% allowed

Enforcement96 decided

10% allowed

Other98 decided

40% allowed

Not classified10 decided

40% allowed

By procedure

Written representations966 decided

33% allowed

Hearings15 decided

33% allowed

Inquiries11 decided

18% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 70 · 54% allowed 2025 · 141 · 33% allowed 2024 · 70 · 36% allowed 2023 · 78 · 29% allowed 2022 · 69 · 32% allowed 2021 · 83 · 24% allowed 2020 · 71 · 32% allowed 2019 · 131 · 28% allowed 2018 · 138 · 44% allowed 2017 · 77 · 35% allowed 2016 · 64 · 27% allowed

Latest decisions in Manchester City Council

Dismissed14 October 2026· minor6013305
Beech Court, Willow Bank, Manchester, M14 6XT
the addition of a single-storey extension comprising residential units on the existing detached block of flats, associated parking, storage and landscaping following demolition of single-storey outbuilding
Allowed8 October 20266011214
Basement To First Floor,, 58 - 60 Portland Street,, Manchester,, M1 4QT
change of use of ground floor from Class E to Sui Generis Adult Gaming Centre with installation of 2no. replacement air conditioning units and elevational alterations including new doors to Portland Street and Reyner Street
Allowed6 October 2026· advert6009176
571 Oldham Road, Manchester, M40 5AF
Dismissed1 October 2026· householder6014028
48 Topfield Road, Manchester, M22 9QN
Dismissed1 October 20266008018
65 Grimshaw Lane, Manchester, M40 2AX
Change of use of 1st Floor of Public House (Sui Generis) to a 6 -Bed Guest House (Use Class C1)
Dismissed30 September 2026· householder6012908
70 Elizabeth Street,, Manchester, M8 8BQ
extension of existing garage and conversion into summer house/home office
Dismissed18 September 2026· advert6005102
Arndale Centre, Market Street, Manchester, M4 3AB
Replacement external entrance finishes including doors, new external facade signage, new internal facade signage behind existing glazing, new internal facade translucent LED screens behind existing glazing, and new internal facade lighting installations behind existing glazing at Units 19A Market Street Level 42 (Mezzanine) & Unit ABCD
Dismissed9 September 2026· minor6011458
2B Minehead Avenue, Manchester, M20 1FW
Demolition of existing semi-detached dwelling and replacement with 7 no apartments
Allowed7 September 2026· advert6010295
Fountain Street, Outside No. 20, Manchester, M2 3AW
Removal of an existing InLink Unit and deployment of a replacement Street Hub 3 unit with two digital 75-inch LCD display screens
Dismissed27 August 2026· minor6008362
16 Dalton Avenue, Manchester, M14 7NR
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) for a maximum of four occupants
Dismissed26 August 2026· advert6008236
1 Goods Yard Street, Manchester, M3 3BG
Single fascia sign and two projecting signs (internally illuminated)
Dismissed13 August 20266008786
348 Droylsden Road, Manchester, M40 1GF
proposed small office, refuse container/ shipping container within boundary of land
Dismissed6 August 20266008662
250-252 Bradford Road, Manchester, M40 7BT
Retention of on-site container unit in use as hot food takeaway
Dismissed28 July 20266010186
131 Levenshulme Road, Manchester, M18 7NF
for the erection of a single detached dwellinghouse (Class C3)
Dismissed28 July 2026· minor6008244
117A Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8EE
erection of two second floor rear dormers and two storey rear extension to form ground floor office extension and 1no flat above

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.