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Manchester Newspapers Ltd 164 Deansgate (plot 106 In The Adopted Spinningfields Masterplan) Manchester M60 6DS

080139/CC/2006/C1Conservation Area ConsentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 19 October 2006

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT Demolition of existing four storey office building on land bounded by John Rylands Library, 1 Spinningfields Square, The Magistrates Court/Crown Square and Deansgate

Received
2 August 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Manchester Newspapers Ltd 164 Deansgate (plot 106 In The Adopted Spinningfields Masterplan) Manchester M60 6DS. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate and Peter Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 38 applications in total for the M60 postcode area.

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

Postcode
M60 6DS
Application type
Conservation Area Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2006
Consultation expiry
29 August 2006
Consultation start
2 August 2006
Consultation end
23 August 2006
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2006
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2006
Target decision date
27 September 2006
Committee meeting
28 September 2006
Permission expires
19 October 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 York Street Manchester M1 4JB

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
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate and Peter Street
  • 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, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    2 Aug

    Demolition of existing office building and erection of a mixed use retail and office building with basement…

    ApprovedFull Application ConsentFiled alongside080138/FO/2006/C1
  2. 2006
    2 Aug

    CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT Demolition of existing four storey office building on land bounded by John Rylands…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage080139/CC/2006/C1

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