Pheonix House, 47, Cross Street, City

067696/FU/CITY1/03Change of use ConsentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 May 2003

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of basement and ground floors to use class A2

Received: 7 April 2003
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Central Ward

ReceivedReceived7 Apr
ValidatedValidated7 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Jun
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Pheonix House, 47, Cross Street, City. Manchester has handled 514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Albert Square conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

85% of amendment applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Change of use Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 April 2003
Target decision date: 2 June 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Edwards & Co., 28, Queen Street, Manchester M2 5LF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Albert Square
Listed building: Grade I: Albert MemorialOn this site · +9 more
Brownfield land register: Waldorf House, Cooper StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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: Manchester

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