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Merseybank Playing Fields Waterford Avenue Manchester M20 2ZN

122300/FO/2019Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2019

Planning committee

Proposal

Erection of single storey building to form sports changing rooms, function room, cafe facilities and meeting room following demolition of existing changing facilities building together with car parking and creation of new vehicular and pedestrian access off Mersey Crescent, and associated external works.

Received
4 January 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Didsbury West Ward
Agent
AFL Architects
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 259 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Merseybank Playing Fields Waterford Avenue Manchester M20 2ZN. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 29 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Didsbury West Ward. We hold 639 applications in total for the M20 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
M20 2ZN
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2019
Consultation expiry
30 April 2019
Consultation end
30 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
30 April 2019
Committee meeting
19 September 2019
Permission expires
20 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
AFL Architects
Architect profile
AFL ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
2nd Floor St Georges House Peter Street Manchester M2 3NQ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 February 2019
Site notice end
15 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07433757
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Manchester

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, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Manchester

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