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Whalley Range 11-18 High School Wilbraham Road Manchester M16 8GW

143625/P14J/2025Prior approval - PV to non-dwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of roof mounted Solar PV, with a maximum kWp of 385.48.

Received
1 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whalley Range Ward
Agent
Barker Associates
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Whalley Range 11-18 High School Wilbraham Road Manchester M16 8GW. 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 31 applications across Whalley Range Ward. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 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
M16 8GW
Application type
Prior approval - PV to non-dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2025
Consultation expiry
27 August 2025
Consultation end
27 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 August 2025
Permission expires
23 September 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barker Associates
Agent address
Majesty House Skyline, 120 Avenue W Great Notley Braintree CM77 7AA

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14224203
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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