National Football Museum Urbis Cathedral Gardens Corporation Street Manchester M4 3BG
Approved on 31 July 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of the Ice Rink adjoining the Christmas Markets for a temporary period of 94 days.
- Received
- 12 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Agent
- Arena Event Services Group
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation10 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at National Football Museum Urbis Cathedral Gardens Corporation Street Manchester M4 3BG. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Cathedral conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 261 applications in total for the M4 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
- M4 3BG
- Application type
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 10 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 10 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 1 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Arena Event Services Group
- Agent address
- Unit 10 Needingworth Industrial Estate St Ives PE27 4NB
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 10 July 2024
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: South east wing to Chetham's Hospital (former Manchester Grammar School)On or next to this site
- 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 (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.
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