Cathedral Gardens City
Approved on 6 August 2007
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Temporary use of land to form an 'urban beach', to include sandpit, food and bar areas/toilets, performance stage and P.A. facilities and security fencing
- Received
- 11 June 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date6 Aug
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Cathedral Gardens City. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Cathedral conservation area, with 2 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
- 11 June 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2007
- Consultation start
- 27 June 2007
- Consultation end
- 18 July 2007
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 June 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 July 2007
- Target decision date
- 6 August 2007
- Permission expires
- 27 August 2007
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 June 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 July 2007
- Site notice start
- 21 June 2007
- Site notice end
- 12 July 2007
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: South east wing to Chetham's Hospital (former Manchester Grammar School)On or next to this site
- 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, 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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