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Land Between Upper Brook Street, Kincardine Road And Grosvenor Street Manchester

137401/FO/2023Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 29 November 2024

Planning committee

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Proposal

Full planning application for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of three ground floor + 12/14/29 storey buildings to be used for Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Sui Generis), comprising 983 bedrooms in total and 506sqm of ground floor ancillary uses (café/commercial and convenience store - Use Classes E (a)/(b)/(c)), three buildings comprising ground floor + 5/7/9 storeys for Science and Innovation uses (Use Class E (g)(i) & (ii)) and 834sqm ground floor community uses (retail/ cafés and medical facility (Use Classes E (a)/(b) and (e)), and the provision of new public realm, two new public squares, new access and parking, and associated works

Received
4 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Ardwick Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 483 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land Between Upper Brook Street, Kincardine Road And Grosvenor Street Manchester. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 483 days, 61 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Ardwick Ward.

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

Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2023
Consultation expiry
11 December 2024
Consultation end
2 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2023
Committee meeting
18 January 2024
Permission expires
29 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
AshtonHale
Agent address
Via Email

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12244282
Comments
0
Documents
211

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Former Unitarian chapelOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Upper Brook Street - MODA (STUDENT)Register site at or near this address · +2 more

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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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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    4 Aug

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