Mersey Bank Playing Fields Sports Pavilion Waterford Avenue Manchester
Approved on 24 January 2022
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of single storey building to form sports changing rooms and associated facilities 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
- 19 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Didsbury West Ward
- Agent
- Cartwright & Gross Architects
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Jan
Decided in 492 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Mersey Bank Playing Fields Sports Pavilion Waterford Avenue Manchester. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 492 days, 62 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.
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
- 19 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 20 October 2020
- Consultation end
- 16 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 October 2020
- Permission expires
- 24 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cartwright & Gross Architects
- Agent address
- The Golden Lion Middle Hillgate Stockport SK1 3EH
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 October 2020
Site constraints
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.
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