St Peters Square Lawrence Street Stockport SK1 1DL
Proposal
Change of Use for ground floor unit, from A1, A2, A3 or B1 to D2 (assembly and leisure) to open an Anytime Fitness gym, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Received
- 25 August 2016
- Decided
- 1 December 2016 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Brinnington & Central (Stck)
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- ReceivedSubmitted25 Aug
- ValidatedValidated25 Aug
- Consult.Consultation21 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Oct
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 98 days (council typically 42)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Peters Square Lawrence Street Stockport SK1 1DL. Stockport has handled 2,801 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Stockport's median. The site is in the St Peter's conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 488 applications in total for the SK1 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20194 Jul
Change of use of the ground floor unit from gym, use Class D2 (Assembly & Leisure), to use Classes A2…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/074001 - 20175 Jun
Installation of Two Fascia signs.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/066033 - 20167 Sep
8 no. internal vinyl graphics: 4 no. graphics on floors 1 to 4 of the Wellington Road South elevation and 4…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/063164 - 201328 Feb
Change of use of ground floor unit to hot food takeaway (A5) use
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/051998 - 20123 Oct
The erection of a new ground floor building frontage to the building elevation fronting Hooper Street.
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/050967 - 201030 Mar
Minor-material amendment to permission DC/026994
ApprovedMinor Material AmendmentDC/044232
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St Peter's
- Brownfield land register: The Arches, 1 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK4 1AARegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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