DHL Express Manchester 2 Sunbank Lane Airport City Manchester Manchester WA15 0AF
Approved on 20 January 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Approval application for the installation of a roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system
- Received
- 28 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Woodhouse Park Ward
- Agent
- Urban Vista Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at DHL Express Manchester 2 Sunbank Lane Airport City Manchester Manchester WA15 0AF. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Woodhouse Park Ward. We hold 1,465 applications in total for the WA15 postcode area.
78% of outline 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
- WA15 0AF
- Application type
- Prior approval - PV to non-dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 24 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 20 January 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Urban Vista Planning
- Agent address
- Archways Taplow Maidenhead SL6 0BG
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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