1 Sunbank Lane Manchester WA15 0AF
Approved on 17 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval for the installation of 9700no rooftop Solar PV modules across 5no existing ICON and Alpha commercial units for a maximum of 4.3MWp.
- Received
- 26 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Woodhouse Park Ward
- Agent
- Igen Energy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at 1 Sunbank Lane Manchester WA15 0AF. Manchester has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 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
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Igen Energy Ltd
- Agent address
- 3rd Floor Broadstone House Broadstone Road Reddish SK5 7DL
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 April 2026
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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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