The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS
Approved on 11 August 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels
- Received
- 24 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Piccadilly Ward
- Agent
- Nexus Planning
- ReceivedReceived24 Jun
- ValidatedValidated24 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Shudehill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Piccadilly Ward. We hold 261 applications in total for the M4 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
- M4 2BS
- Application type
- Prior approval - PV to non-dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 August 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nexus Planning
- Agent address
- One Express 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M45DL
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14114005
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shudehill
- Brownfield land register: ShudehillRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 May
Installation of roof mounted electrical switchgear associated with basement substation.
ApprovedFull planning permission145296/FO/2026 - 202521 May
Discharge of Condition 3 (External Lighting and Signage) attached to planning permission 136069/JO/2023
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0471 - 202420 Mar
Advertisement consent for proposed advertisements on Dantzic Street and Corporation Street elevations of…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent139541/AO/2024 - 20249 Feb
Installation of an Automated Telling Machine along with associated external alterations.
ApprovedFull Application Consent139114/FO/2024
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