Portland Chambers 61 Oxford Street And 131-133 Portland Street Manchester M1 6EQ
Approved on 23 August 2007
Council decision: Temporarily ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of large format mesh banner sign to Portland Street and Oxford Street elevations to scaffolding at 1st to 4th floor levels
- Received
- 19 July 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Aug
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Portland Chambers 61 Oxford Street And 131-133 Portland Street Manchester M1 6EQ. Manchester has handled 608 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitworth Street and Princess Street conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 476 applications in total for the M1 postcode area.
71% of advertising 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 6EQ
- Application type
- Advertisement Hoardings Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2007
- Target decision date
- 13 September 2007
- Permission expires
- 13 May 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 11-15 Betterton Street London WC2H 9BP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 July 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 August 2007
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitworth Street and Princess Street
- Brownfield land register: 1 Chepstow Street And 36 - 38 Oxford StreetRegister 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 (19)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200715 Mar
Conversion of bar to offices and elevational alterations to create new entrance on Oxford Road
ApprovedFull Application Consent080803/FO/2006/C2 - 200715 Mar
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for internal and external alterations associated with creation of new entrance area…
ApprovedListed building consent080804/LO/2006/C2 - 200616 Oct
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Internal and external alterations in connection with creation of a new floor level…
ApprovedListed building consent080559/LO/2006/C2 - 200616 Oct
External alterations in association with insertion of new floor within double height space and creation of…
ApprovedFull Application Consent080558/FO/2006/C2
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