Planning application
West Gorton Youth Social Centre Belle Vue Street Manchester M12 5JT
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
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21 Sep 2026
Received by Manchester
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28 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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