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West Gorton Youth Social Centre Belle Vue Street Manchester M12 5JT

Awaiting decision Manchester PLA-2026-001494 Full planning permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of Use of former West Gorton Youth Centre to provide residential accommodation (20 bedsits) for homelessness accommodation (Sui Generis) involving external alterations, landscaping, parking, cycle store, bin store, planters and boundary treatment.

As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-001494

Application record

Reference
PLA-2026-001494
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
21 Sep 2026
Validated
21 Sep 2026
Ward
Gorton & Abbey Hey
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M12 5JT

Comment by 15 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

  1. 21 Sep 2026

    Received by Manchester

  2. 28 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 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

14 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Manchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Manchester decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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