Planning application
Land At St Peters Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees - proposed felling of 4 no trees (T70, T71, T72 and T73), located within the Memorial Garden above the former St Peters Cross Church and Crypt to make way for the Metrolink Second City Crossing Alignment
As published by the council, reference 107072/TCA/2014/C1
Application record
- Reference
- 107072/TCA/2014/C1
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 10 Oct 2014
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2014
- Decided
- 24 Oct 2014
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 5DB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2014: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/17/0571 Granted
Land At St Peters Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of condition 11 (Structural Design and Foundations - New) of application reference: 100119/LO/2012/C1 to allow the installation of a memorial stone for the Bristish Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA) within the setting of the Grade II* Listed Cenotaph.
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CDN/17/0572 Granted
Land At St Peters Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of condition 13 (Structural Design and Foundations) of application reference: 100118/FO/2012/C1 to allow the installation of a memorial stone for the Bristish Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA) within the setting of the Grade II* Listed Cenotaph.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Oct 2014
Received by Manchester
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24 Oct 2014
Decision issued: Approved
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10 Oct 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 24 October 2014, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Part discharge of condition 11 (Structural Design and Foundations - New) of application reference: 100119/LO/2012/C1 to allow the installation of a memorial stone for the Bristish Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA) within the setting of the Grade II* Listed Cenotaph.
Granted Conditions 7 docs -
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Part discharge of condition 13 (Structural Design and Foundations) of application reference: 100118/FO/2012/C1 to allow the installation of a memorial stone for the Bristish Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA) within the setting of the Grade II* Listed Cenotaph.
Granted Conditions 7 docs -
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90% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jun
Application to discharge condition 3 of 100119/LO/2012/C1
Status unknown Conditions 6 docs
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