Unit 21 Upper The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS
Approved on 23 August 2024
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from a live escape rooms gaming experience (Class E) to an entertainment facility, serving food and drinks (mixed Class E / Sui Generis), plus associated rooftop flue.
- Received
- 4 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Piccadilly
- Agent
- Pegasus Group
- ReceivedReceived4 Jul
- ValidatedValidated4 Jul
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Aug
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 21 Upper The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Shudehill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Piccadilly. 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 2BS
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 31 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 31 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 July 2024
- Application expires
- 29 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 23 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pegasus Group
- Agent address
- 21 Ganton Street London W1F 9BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 31 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13140373
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shudehill
- Brownfield land register: ShudehillRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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