The Victoria And Albert Hotel Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Approved on 25 June 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Panels onto lower rooftop.
- Received
- 3 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Agent
- PWA Planning
- ReceivedReceived3 May
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation5 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Victoria And Albert Hotel Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 797 applications in total for the M3 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
- M3 4JQ
- Application type
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 5 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 June 2024
- Permission expires
- 25 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PWA Planning
- Agent address
- Lockside Office Park 2 Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 June 2024
- Site notice end
- 12 June 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13028736
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Castlefield
- Listed building: Grade II: Albert Warehouse Quay on West Side Fronting River Irwell Victoria WarehouseOn this site
- Brownfield land register: Land Surrounding Stanley Street Bound By Trinity Way, Irwell Street And River Irwell M3 5…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 (19)
flood storage 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.
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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Associated applications
- 20243 May
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Panels onto lower rooftop.
This applicationApprovedFull139936/FO/2024 - 20243 May
Listed Building Consent for the installation of Photovoltaic Solar Panels onto lower rooftop.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside139937/LO/2024
Source: Manchester
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