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Former Saxon Street Gasworks Saxon Street Manchester

135631/DEM/2022Prior notification: DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 January 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of gasholder and associated redundant infrastructure and associated restoration of site.

Received
1 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ancoats & Beswick
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Former Saxon Street Gasworks Saxon Street Manchester. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Ancoats & Beswick.

78% of outline 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
Prior notification: Demolition
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2022
Consultation expiry
5 January 2023
Consultation end
5 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2023
Application expires
30 January 2023
Permission expires
24 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
WSP
Agent address
First Floor 3 Wellington Place Leeds LS1 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11641859
Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    31 Jan

    Discharge of condition 2 (Bats) associated with application 135631/DEM/2022

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/23/0066
  2. 2022
    1 Dec

    Demolition of gasholder and associated redundant infrastructure and associated restoration of site.

    This applicationApprovedOutline135631/DEM/2022

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