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Manchester Communication Academy 2A Silchester Drive Manchester M40 8NT

136761/P14J/2023Prior approval - PV to non-dwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for the installation of roof mounted photo voltaic panels

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpurhey Ward
Agent
Energy Intelligence Ltd
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Manchester Communication Academy 2A Silchester Drive Manchester M40 8NT. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Harpurhey Ward. We hold 313 applications in total for the M40 postcode area.

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

Postcode
M40 8NT
Application type
Prior approval - PV to non-dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2023
Consultation expiry
11 September 2023
Consultation end
11 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2023
Permission expires
25 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Energy Intelligence Ltd
Agent address
19-33 South Promenade Lytham St Annes FY8 1LS

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12078619
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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