Simon House Brownley Road Manchester M22 5RA

132638/FO/2022Full Application ConsentApproved

Full

Approved on 26 April 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of Use from E1 (Commercial) to Sui Generis (Mixed Use - Data Centre and Offices) and the siting of a new substation within GRP hut, and the installation of electrical transformer, fuel cell, air condensing units and generator

Received: 4 February 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Woodhouse Park Ward
Agent: Alpine Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated4 Feb
Consult.Consultation25 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Apr

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Simon House Brownley Road Manchester M22 5RA. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Woodhouse Park Ward. 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 5RA
Application type: Full Application Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 February 2022
Consultation expiry: 28 March 2022
Consultation end: 25 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 25 February 2022
Permission expires: 26 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Alpine Planning Ltd
Agent address: The Buttery Tithe Farm Holcot NN6 9SH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 1 March 2022
Site notice end: 28 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10521363
Documents: 15

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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16 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Manchester

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