Planning application
Faulkner House, Elm Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6AJ
Works: Windows or glazing
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Conversion of first floor offices (use class E) to 13 bedroom (13 person) House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (sui generis) with installation of 1no. window to side elevation and 3no. windows to rear elevation
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0149
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0149
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Swinton and Wardley Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M27 6AJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Salford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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NOT/2026/0851 Refused
Faulkner House, Elm Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6AJ
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of the first floor from offices (use class E) to 6no. self-contained apartments (use class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Feb 2026
Received by Salford
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2 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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12 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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Refused Prior approval New dwelling 18 docs -
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