Rooftop Portland Tower 53 Portland Street Manchester M1 3LD
Approved on 25 May 2007
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 1 x 0.3 metre radio antenna onto existing steelwork
- Received
- 3 April 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived3 Apr
- ValidatedValidated3 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided25 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Rooftop Portland Tower 53 Portland Street Manchester M1 3LD. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 476 applications in total for the M1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- M1 3LD
- Application type
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 April 2007
- Target decision date
- 29 May 2007
- Permission expires
- 25 May 2010
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Floors 1-4, 36 Charlotte Street, M1 4FDRegister 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Mar
External refurbishment of Manchester One building, together with erection of 4-storey front extension (Use…
PendingFull planning permission145176/FO/2026 - 20253 Jul
Change of use of the sixteenth floor from education use (Use Class F1a) to office use (Use Class E).
ApprovedFull Application Consent143353/FO/2025 - 200826 Feb
Use of vacant unit as Class A2 (Financial and Professional Services) and B1(Buisness) and alterations to…
ApprovedChange of use Consent085217/FU/2007/C2
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