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Trafford Plaza 73 Seymour Grove Old Trafford

91713/VAR/17Variation of conditionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 January 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for variation of condition 1 on Prior Approval 88991/PRO/16 (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).). To amend the approved car parking plans.

Received
21 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Longford
Agent
ELG Planning
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Trafford Plaza 73 Seymour Grove Old Trafford. Trafford has handled 630 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 23 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Longford.

93% of conditions 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

Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
90

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2017
Consultation expiry
11 August 2017
Consultation start
12 July 2017
Consultation end
2 August 2017
Last date for comments
11 August 2017
Target decision date
21 August 2017
Permission expires
26 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
ELG Planning
Agent address
Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 July 2017
Site notice end
11 August 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06168065
Documents
6
Constraints
11

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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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    21 Jun

    Application for variation of condition 1 on Prior Approval 88991/PRO/16

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)91713/VAR/17
  2. 2016
    22 Jul

    Change of use of existing office building from office (Use Class B1(a) ) to residential (Use Class C3) to…

    ApprovedPrior Approval Class OPart of88991/PRO/16

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