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Church Road Library Church Road Manchester M22 4NN

117393/FO/2017Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 23 April 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of vacant library (Use Class D1) to a theatre (Sui Generis).

Received
19 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Northenden Ward (2004)
Agent
Aylward Town Palnning Ltd
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Church Road Library Church Road Manchester M22 4NN. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the M22 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
M22 4NN
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2017
Consultation expiry
18 October 2017
Consultation end
18 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
18 October 2017
Permission expires
23 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aylward Town Palnning Ltd
Agent address
Unit 16 Tamewater Court Dobcross Oldham OL3 5GD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06340937
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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