Factory 161 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Approved on 23 August 2022
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of planning condition 2 (approved dwgs) (Changes to comprise: change to the material and appearance of the theatre cladding system; expansion of the picture window,changes to the back-of-house towers (substitution from channel glass to translucent film and use of curtain wall to part elevation), omission of the cladding to the external truck lift and alternative corner protection and amendments to align with submission of information in respect of the detailed design of the public realm ((including changes to facilitate alignment with a prohibition of driving order to part of of Water Street) (application ref no CDN/20/0187)) attached to application ref no 119890/VO/2018 as amended by 121792.
- Received
- 20 April 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Agent
- Deloitte LLP
- ReceivedReceived20 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation23 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Aug
Decided in 490 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Factory 161 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ. Manchester has handled 2,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 490 days, 62 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 797 applications in total for the M3 postcode area.
82% of conditions 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
- M3 4JQ
- Application type
- Variation or Removal of Condition
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 30 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 23 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 May 2021
- Permission expires
- 23 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Deloitte LLP
- Agent address
- Corporation Street Manchester M4 4AH
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 August 2022
- Site notice end
- 21 May 2021
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Castlefield
- Brownfield land register: South Village (The Village Phase 1)Register site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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