31 Button Lane Brooklands Manchester M23 0LZ
Approved on 26 March 2013
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from (Class A1) retail to office (Class B1)
- Received
- 7 January 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Brooklands Ward (2004)
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 31 Button Lane Brooklands Manchester M23 0LZ. Manchester has handled 514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 696 applications in total for the M23 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- M23 0LZ
- Application type
- Change of use Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2013
- Consultation start
- 8 January 2013
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2013
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2013
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2013
- Target decision date
- 4 March 2013
- Permission expires
- 26 March 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 5 Alford Avenue Withington Manchester M20 1AQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-02323680
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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