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1 Rufford Road Manchester M16 8AE

140085/TCA/2024Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 August 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to tree - proposed pruning works to Hawthorn

Received
22 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whalley Range
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Rufford Road Manchester M16 8AE. Manchester has handled 614 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whalley Range conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Whalley Range. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

99% of trees 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
M16 8AE
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2024
Consultation expiry
20 June 2024
Consultation end
20 June 2024
Application expires
3 July 2024
Permission expires
7 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13087869
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whalley Range
  • 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, 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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