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The Towers And Progress Mill, PARSONAGE STREET, MACCLESFIELD

17/3022MFULL PLANNINGApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2018

Council decision: Approved with conditions

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Proposal

Erection of Class A1 retail unit, car parking and servicing areas, access, landscaping and associated works including relocation of electricity sub-station and remedial works to Listed Building following demolition of existing buildings

Submitted
23 June 2017
Ward
Macclesfield Central
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Towers And Progress Mill, PARSONAGE STREET, MACCLESFIELD. Cheshire East has handled 8,314 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Cheshire East's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Macclesfield Central.

86% of full applications at Cheshire East Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
FULL PLANNING
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Macclesfield Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2017
Consultation expiry
2 August 2017
Consultation end
2 August 2017
Target decision date
26 January 2018
Committee meeting
17 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
69, Talbot Street, Southport, PR8 1LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
217 days

Additional information

Documents
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Cheshire East

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