Forecourt In Front Of Manchester Central (Formerly G Mex) Windmill Street City
Approved on 25 May 2007
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of land for up to 30 days within a calendar year for activities directly associated with the Manchester International Festival
- Received
- 2 April 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation9 May
- TargetTarget Date28 May
- DecidedDecided25 May
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Forecourt In Front Of Manchester Central (Formerly G Mex) Windmill Street City. Manchester has handled 514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
85% of amendment 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
- Change of use Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 15 May 2007
- Consultation start
- 18 April 2007
- Consultation end
- 9 May 2007
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 April 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 May 2007
- Target decision date
- 28 May 2007
- Permission expires
- 25 May 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Aeroworks 5 Adair Street Manchester M1 2NQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 April 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 May 2007
- Site notice start
- 24 April 2007
- Site notice end
- 15 May 2007
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Viadux Phase 2bRegister site at or near this address · +3 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)
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