Market Street Manchester

140951/VO/2024Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 6 November 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

City Council Development - Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 45 days.

Received: 23 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Piccadilly

ReceivedReceived23 Sep
ValidatedValidated23 Sep
Consult.Consultation21 Oct
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Market Street Manchester. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Upper King Street conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Piccadilly.

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

Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 29 October 2024
Consultation end: 21 October 2024
Application expires: 18 November 2024
Permission expires: 22 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 29 October 2024
Site notice end: 23 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13351340
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Upper King Street
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.

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