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Basement 20 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW

Refused Manchester 117063/FO/2017 Full Application Consent

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of basement level of the Swan Building from vacant basement storage area to multi-purpose event space (sui generis) together with an additional fire escape up to ground floor with an associated new external door opening out into the external courtyard to the rear of the building and additional ventilation extract/intake to courtyard elevation

As published by the council, reference 117063/FO/2017

Application record

Reference
117063/FO/2017
Type
Full Application Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
2 Jan 2018
Validated
2 Jan 2018
Decided
13 Feb 2018
Ward
Ancoats And Clayton Ward (2004)
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M4 5JW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jan 2018

    Received by Manchester

  2. 13 Feb 2018

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Agent on file, registered in Manchester

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

28 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Manchester refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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