THG Icon 2 1-3 Sunbank Lane Altrincham WA15 0AF
Refused on 3 July 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval application for the installation of a rooftop solar array for a system comprising of 1,836 solar panels (450W) and for a total system size of 826.2kW
- Received
- 12 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Woodhouse Park Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 May
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation5 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Jul
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at THG Icon 2 1-3 Sunbank Lane Altrincham WA15 0AF. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 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
- 12 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Olympus Power
- Agent address
- Bradninch Court Castle Street Exeter Devon EX4 3PL
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 7 June 2025
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.
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Source: Manchester
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