Simon House Brownley Road Manchester M22 5RA
Approved on 2 October 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a two-storey data centre (4153m² GIA), together with the reconfiguration of access arrangements and parking layout, landscaping and associated works, following the demolition of Simon House
- Received
- 28 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Woodhouse Park Ward
- Agent
- Union 4 Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Jun
- ValidatedValidated28 Jun
- Consult.Consultation27 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Simon House Brownley Road Manchester M22 5RA. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 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
- 28 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 27 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 2 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Union 4 Planning
- Agent address
- 1-2 Paris Garden London SE1 8ND
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 28 July 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12013945
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
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