Former South Manchester High School Site Woodhouse Lane Benchill
Approved on 9 December 2004
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of 7no. 8 metre high floodlighting colums on the adventure playground section of Benchill Young Peoples centre approved under 066208/FO/SOUTH2/02
- Received
- 4 August 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Sharston Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation31 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former South Manchester High School Site Woodhouse Lane Benchill. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
87% of full 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
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2004
- Consultation start
- 10 August 2004
- Consultation end
- 31 August 2004
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 August 2004
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2004
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2004
- Permission expires
- 9 December 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Gostin House 32-36 Hanover Street Liverpool L1 4LN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Site Of The Former British Legion Social And Welfare Club Woodhouse Lane ManchesterRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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 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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