The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS
Approved on 2 July 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of roof mounted electrical switchgear associated with basement substation.
- Submitted
- 29 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Piccadilly
- ReceivedSubmitted29 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation23 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks 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 104 applications across Piccadilly. We hold 261 applications in total for the M4 postcode area.
87% of full 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
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 June 2026
- Application expires
- 24 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14633443
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Shudehill
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202524 Jun
Prior Approval for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels
ApprovedPrior approval - PV to non-dwelling143290/P14J/2025 - 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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