Planning application
20 Blair Road Manchester M16 8NS
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of basement to form 2no. self contained apartments together with the installation of front and rear lightwells/ accesses
As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-001349
Application record
- Reference
- PLA-2026-001349
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 22 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Whalley Range
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M16 8NS
Comment by 23 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Manchester through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Sep 2026
Received by Manchester
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4 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Manchester took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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