Joan Lester House, 12 Ellesmere Street, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9WJ
Approved on 12 October 2018
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use and conversion of women's refuge into 9 new apartments with extended car park and waste compound and alterations to elevations
- Received
- 28 July 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Salford City Council
- Ward
- Walkden North Ward
- Agent
- Halliday Meecham Architects
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date25 Sep
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Joan Lester House , 12 Ellesmere Street, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9WJ. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Salford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Walkden North Ward. We hold 152 applications in total for the M38 postcode area.
88% of full applications at Salford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- M38 9WJ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 July 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 15 September 2018
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2018
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 August 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 August 2018
- Last date for comments
- 15 September 2018
- Target decision date
- 25 September 2018
- Permission expires
- 12 October 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Halliday Meecham Architects
- Architect profile
- HALLIDAY MEECHAM ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 4th Floor 111 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2HY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 24 August 2018
- Site notice end
- 15 September 2018
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07159229
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: 2024 HMO Article 4 Direction
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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