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1 Fountain Street Manchester

078768/FO/2006/C1Full Application ConsentApproved
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Approved on 20 September 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and refurbishment of the 4th and 5th floors to offices and elevational alterations to provide a foyer, and ground level access to the upper levels works to roof.

Received
26 July 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Fountain Street Manchester. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. 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
26 July 2006
Consultation expiry
29 August 2006
Consultation start
1 August 2006
Consultation end
22 August 2006
Neighbour consultation start
1 August 2006
Neighbour consultation end
22 August 2006
Target decision date
20 September 2006
Permission expires
20 September 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road Salford Manchester M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2006
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2006
Site notice start
8 August 2006
Site notice end
29 August 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: No. 10 MOSLEY STREETOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 2 Fountain Street (2nd, 3rd and 4th floors)Register 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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