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31 Thomas Street Manchester M4 1NA

129817/TCA/2021Works to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 April 2021

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees - Two Sorbus at the side of the property, reduce both trees in height to the point of the original reduction, shorten side limbs to balance and prune to clear the road signs by a minimum of 0.5 metre.

Received
23 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 Thomas Street Manchester M4 1NA. Manchester has handled 614 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Smithfield conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Piccadilly Ward. We hold 261 applications in total for the M4 postcode area.

99% of trees 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
M4 1NA
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2021
Consultation expiry
28 April 2021
Consultation end
28 April 2021
Permission expires
16 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address
Oakwood Nurseries Chelford Road Ollerton WA16 8SE

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09661040
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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