Trafford Plaza 73 Seymour Grove Old Trafford Manchester M16 0LD

90275/PRO/17Prior Approval Class OWithdrawn

Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 8 March 2017

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from office (B1a) to form 87 residential apartments (C3). 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: 5 January 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Longford

ReceivedReceived5 Jan
ValidatedValidated3 Feb
Consult.Consultation1 Mar
TargetTarget Date31 Mar
DecidedDecided8 Mar

Decided in 33 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. It was withdrawn 62 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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: 87

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 February 2017
Consultation expiry: 3 March 2017
Consultation start: 9 February 2017
Consultation end: 1 March 2017
Neighbour consultation start: 10 February 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 3 March 2017
Last date for comments: 3 March 2017
Target decision date: 31 March 2017
Permission expires: 8 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: England Lyle Good
Agent address: Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington Co. Durham DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 7 February 2017
Site notice end: 28 February 2017

Additional information

Documents: 3
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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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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