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7 Birwood Road Manchester M8 4GL

Granted Manchester 144686/LP/2025 Certificate Lawful Develpmnt Proposed

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of Use from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a Children's Home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of two children, with up to three carers (including a site manager), two of whom will sleep overnight on a rota basis.

As published by the council, reference 144686/LP/2025

Application record

Reference
144686/LP/2025
Type
Certificate Lawful Develpmnt Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Dec 2025
Decided
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Crumpsall Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M8 4GL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Received by Manchester

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

X Architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Manchester

Dissolved · incorporated 2011 · Manchester

8 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils

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Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 2 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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