Land At Former Spire Manchester Hospital Russell Road Manchester M16 8AJ

140556/FO/2024Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 27 September 2024

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a five-storey extra care scheme (C3) comprising 80 dwellings with ancillary facilities and circulation space and four-storey residential block comprising 40 dwellings (C3) and associated landscaping, private amenity space, access and parking

Received: 18 July 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Whalley Range
Agent: Mosaic Town Planning

ReceivedReceived18 Jul
ValidatedValidated18 Jul
Consult.Consultation22 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Sep

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Former Spire Manchester Hospital Russell Road Manchester M16 8AJ. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whalley Range conservation area. There have been 8 other applications 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.

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: M16 8AJ
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 80

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 22 September 2024
Consultation end: 22 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 8 August 2024
Committee meeting: 26 September 2024
Application expires: 17 October 2024
Permission expires: 27 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mosaic Town Planning
Agent address: Bloc 17 Marble Street Manchester M2 3AW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 13 August 2024
Site notice end: 20 August 2024

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 63

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whalley Range
Brownfield land register: Russell Road LGBT+ scheme (former Spire Hospital site)Register site at or near this address · +1 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 (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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