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Unit 1 Ground Floor, Faulkner House, Elm Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6AJ

Granted Salford PA/2026/0618 Change of use

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a use class B8 to an MOT testing station garage (use class B2), including the installation of MOT testing equipment and associated internal alterations.

As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0618

Application record

Reference
PA/2026/0618
Type
Change of use
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
28 Apr 2026
Decided
17 Jul 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: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • PA/2026/0283 Withdrawn

    Unit 1 Ground Floor, Faulkner House, Elm Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6AJ

    Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed change of use from a vehicle garage (use class B2) to an MOT testing station garage (use class B2), including the installation of MOT testing equipment and associated internal alterations

    Decided 16 Apr 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Apr 2026

    Received by Salford

  2. 17 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Salford granted permission on 17 July 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Faulkner House, Elm Street, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 6AJ

    NOT/2026/0851 Submitted 2 Jul 2026 0m away

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  • Unit 1 Ground Floor, Faulkner House, Elm Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6AJ

    PA/2026/0283 Submitted 26 Feb 2026 0m away

    Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed change of use from a vehicle garage (use class B2) to an MOT testing station garage (use class B2), including the installation of MOT testing equipment and associated internal alterations

    Withdrawn Lawful development 10 docs

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