Trafford Plaza 73 Seymour Grove Old Trafford Manchester M16 0LD

88991/PRO/16Prior Approval Class OApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 September 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of existing office building from office (Use Class B1(a) ) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 90 no. apartments. Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).

Received: 22 July 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Longford

ReceivedReceived22 Jul
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation16 Aug
TargetTarget Date16 Sep
DecidedDecided15 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Trafford Plaza 73 Seymour Grove Old Trafford Manchester M16 0LD. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Longford. We hold 1,317 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: M16 0LD
Application type: Prior Approval Class O
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 90

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2016
Consultation expiry: 25 August 2016
Consultation start: 26 July 2016
Consultation end: 16 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 26 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 16 August 2016
Last date for comments: 25 August 2016
Target decision date: 16 September 2016
Permission expires: 15 July 2045

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 4 August 2016
Site notice end: 25 August 2016

Additional information

Documents: 7
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Trafford Plaza, 73 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, M16 0LDRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

2017
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Application for variation of condition 1 on Prior Approval 88991/PRO/16
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2016
22 Jul
Change of use of existing office building from office (Use Class B1(a) ) to residential (Use Class C3) to…
This applicationApprovedOutline88991/PRO/16

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