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Part Ground Floor The Focus Formerly Computer Centre Rowlandsway Wythenshawe

073386/FU/2004/S2Change of use ConsentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 November 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from B1 to A2 of the north western corner of ground floor of existing building

Received
6 October 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sharston Ward (2004)
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Part Ground Floor The Focus Formerly Computer Centre Rowlandsway Wythenshawe. Manchester has handled 514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. 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
6 October 2004
Consultation expiry
2 November 2004
Consultation start
12 October 2004
Consultation end
2 November 2004
Neighbour consultation start
12 October 2004
Neighbour consultation end
2 November 2004
Target decision date
1 December 2004

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Wythenshawe Civic Centre: Old Barclays Data Centre siteRegister 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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