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Unit 1A Former Cohens New Street Manchester M40 8AW

140525/FO/2024Full Application ConsentRefused
Full

Refused on 29 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor to a place of worship (F1 Use Class) and installation of new fire exit on side elevation

Received
7 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Miles Platting & Newton Heath Ward
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1A Former Cohens New Street Manchester M40 8AW. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Miles Platting & Newton Heath Ward. We hold 313 applications in total for the M40 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
M40 8AW
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2024
Consultation expiry
6 September 2024
Consultation end
6 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
4 St Pauls Square Liverpool L3 9SJ

Appeal history

3363351
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 August 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13245229
Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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