3 Gibraltar Lane Denton Tameside M34 7QR

25/00871/P3NNotification Of Part 3 Change of UseRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 23 December 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval application for the change of use from a hot food takeaway (Suis Generis) to 1no. apartment (Use Class C3) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M.

Received: 23 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Denton South
Agent: John Elliott Architectural Services

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated28 Oct
Consult.Consultation19 Nov
TargetTarget Date23 Dec
DecidedDecided23 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Gibraltar Lane Denton Tameside M34 7QR. Tameside has handled 384 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Tameside's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Denton South. We hold 685 applications in total for the M34 postcode area.

89% of amendment applications at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

The applicant has failed to provide details of the proposed cycle storage, nor has it been demonstrated where refuse would be stored or how it would be collected. In the absence of clear information on refuse storage arrangements, the proposal fails to comply with Condition M.2(a) of Class M.
Article 3 (Permitted Development) (9A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) requires that any new dwellinghouse granted by the Order must comply with the nationally described space standard (read together with the notes requirements for a 1 bed, 2 person dwelling over two floors. Technical requirement Table 1 requires a 1 bed dwelling over two floors to have a minimum floor area of 58sqm. The proposal fails to achieve the standard requirements.
The proposed plans indicate that the ground floor kitchen, identified as a habitable room, would receive no natural light. The proposal therefore fails to comply with Policy H10(a) of the Tameside Unitary Development Plan and Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework, both of which require the provision of a high standard of amenity for future occupants.
The applicant has failed to provide sufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority to form a full and proper understanding of the contamination risks associated with the building. As a result, the Authority is unable to confirm that the proposal complies with the relevant conditions, limitations and restrictions of the GPDO, specifically Paragraph M.2(1)(b) of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) in respect of contamination.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: M34 7QR
Application type: Notification Of Part 3 Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Denton/Audenshaw

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 November 2025
Consultation end: 19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 19 November 2025
Target decision date: 23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: John Elliott Architectural Services
Agent address: 148 King Street Dukinfield SK16 4TH

Planning decision

Case officer: Kristina Myers
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 6 November 2025
Site notice end: 27 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14034032
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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: conservation areas and 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.

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Source: Tameside

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