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Rag And Bone Site Land Bounded By Water Street Hampson Street And The River Irwell City

079855/LO/2006/C3Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 November 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Internal and external refurbishment and alteration of existing railway viaduct structure, including elements of demolition, to facilitate their associated proposed change of use to office (Class B1) use

Received
3 October 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Rag And Bone Site Land Bounded By Water Street Hampson Street And The River Irwell City. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address.

93% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2007
Consultation expiry
6 March 2007
Consultation start
1 December 2006
Consultation end
1 December 2006
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2006
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2006
Target decision date
28 November 2007
Permission expires
14 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 York Street Manchester M1 4JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 November 2006
Advertisement expiry
28 November 2006
Site notice start
13 February 2007
Site notice end
6 March 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    3 Oct

    Change of use of existing railway viaduct arches to office (Class B1) use with associated external…

    ApprovedFull Application ConsentFiled alongside079854/FO/2006/C3
  2. 2007
    3 Oct

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Internal and external refurbishment and alteration of existing railway viaduct…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent079855/LO/2006/C3

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