John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH

CDN/24/0799Approval of details reserved by a conditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 October 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Discharge of condition 3 (Additional Equipment/Works) attached to Listed Building Consent 138859/LO/2023

Received: 23 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Manchester City Council
Ward: Deansgate
Agent: Donald Insall Associates Ltd

ReceivedReceived23 Aug
ValidatedValidated23 Aug
Consult.Consultation25 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH. Manchester has handled 2,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate and Peter Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 239 applications across Deansgate. We hold 797 applications in total for the M3 postcode area.

82% of conditions 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: M3 3EH
Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 2 October 2024
Consultation end: 25 September 2024
Application expires: 18 October 2024
Permission expires: 3 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Donald Insall Associates Ltd
Agent address: Bridgegate House 5 Bridge Place Chester CH1 1SA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 1 October 2024
Site notice end: 2 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13235457
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Deansgate and Peter Street
Listed building: Grade I: John Rylands Library and Attached Railings, Gates and Lamp Standards`On this site
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, 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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