Planning application
55 Furness Road Manchester M14 6LX
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Use of property as a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4).
As published by the council, reference 143511/LE/2025
Application record
- Reference
- 143511/LE/2025
- Type
- Certificate Lawful Development Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 10 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 3 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Fallowfield Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M14 6LX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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144408/LE/2025 Granted
55 Furness Road Manchester M14 6LX
Use of property as a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)
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122957/FH/2019 Granted
55 Furness Road Manchester M14 6LX
Erection of first-floor rear extension to form enlarged bedroom to existing Class C4 HMO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2025
Received by Manchester
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3 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Refused
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Manchester refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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