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Army Reserve Centre Ardwick Green North Manchester M12 6HD

136050/FO/2023Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of former military installation to place of worship with associated community facilities, offices and ancillary accommodation including retention of ground floor indoor car parking

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ardwick Ward
Agent
Steven Abbott Associates LLP
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Army Reserve Centre Ardwick Green North Manchester M12 6HD. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Ardwick Ward. We hold 242 applications in total for the M12 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
M12 6HD
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2023
Consultation expiry
15 September 2023
Consultation end
15 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 September 2023
Permission expires
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Steven Abbott Associates LLP
Agent address
Balmoral House Ackhurst Business Park Foxhole Road Chorley PR71NY

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11871759
Comments
0
Documents
27

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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. 2025
    10 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 5 (car parking), 6 (Travel Plan), 9 (Fumes), 10 (noise),11 (external equipment) and…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)144740/JO/2025
  2. 2023
    2 Mar

    Change of use of former military installation to place of worship with associated community facilities…

    This applicationApprovedFull136050/FO/2023

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