Exchange Square City
Approved on 5 January 2007
Council decision: Temporarily ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection and operation of a giant observation wheel from 03/11/06 to 07/01/07
- Received
- 10 November 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Exchange Square City. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 4 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
- 10 November 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2006
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2006
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2006
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 November 2006
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 December 2006
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2007
- Permission expires
- 5 January 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Old Bank Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch LE65 2FR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 November 2006
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 December 2006
- Site notice start
- 21 November 2006
- Site notice end
- 12 December 2006
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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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