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Ncp Car Park Manchester Central Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3GX

Granted Manchester 118869/VO/2018 Regulation 3 Consent

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT - full planning permission to: (i) construct and operate a combined heat and power (CHP) Energy Centre (with a total thermal capacity of approximately 27MW, fuelled by natural gas) together with externally located ancillary infrastructure including HV switch-room; gas-meter room; thermal stores; mezzanine gantry; access ladders and staircases, dry air coolers, supply / extraction fans and ductwork and security fencing ("The Energy Centre") and (ii) install a network of underground insulated heating pipes, electrical cabling, communications ducting beneath sections of the following adopted highways ("The Civic Quarter Heat Network").

As published by the council, reference 118869/VO/2018

Application record

Reference
118869/VO/2018
Type
Regulation 3 Consent
Status
Permitted
Decision
Approved
Received
19 Jan 2018
Validated
22 Jan 2018
Decided
14 Mar 2018
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
M2 3GX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2018: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 126436/JO/2020 Granted

    NCP Car Park Manchester Central Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3GX

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT - Variation of condition 2 (Approved Drawings) imposed upon planning approval reference 118869/JO/2018 under section 73 of the Town And Country Planning Act 1990 to allow amendments to the approved design.

    Decided 4 Jun 2020 Amendments
  • CDN/19/0684 Granted

    NCP Car Park Manchester Central Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3GX

    Application to discharge conditions: 7 (CMP - Energy Centre); 8 (Contaminated Land); 9 (Materials to be Approved); 10 (Surface Water Drainage); 11 (Metrolink Maintenance Access); 12 (fire strategy); 13 (EMC Control Plan); 14 (Earthing Electrode); 15 (Large Vehicle Access); 18 (NSE6 - Externally Mounted Equipment); 19 (External Illumination); 20 (Penetrative Methods); and 21 (Fume Extraction) attached to planning permission reference number 118869/VO/2018.

    Decided 31 Oct 2019 Conditions
  • CDN/19/0478 Granted

    NCP Car Park Manchester Central Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3GX

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Arboriculture Method Statement), 5 (Archeaology) and 6 (Pavement Reinstatement) of application referenced 118869/VO/2018

    Decided 5 Jul 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Jan 2018

    Received by Manchester

  2. 22 Jan 2018

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Mar 2018

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

114 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 14 March 2018, 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 less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    CDN/19/0684 Submitted 7 Aug 2019 33m away

    Application to discharge conditions: 7 (CMP - Energy Centre); 8 (Contaminated Land); 9 (Materials to be Approved); 10 (Surface Water Drainage); 11 (Metrolink Maintenance Access); 12 (fire strategy); 13 (EMC Control Plan); 14 (Earthing Electrode); 15 (Large Vehicle Access); 18 (NSE6 - Externally Mounted Equipment); 19 (External Illumination); 20 (Penetrative Methods); and 21 (Fume Extraction) attached to planning permission reference number 118869/VO/2018.

    Granted Conditions 112 docs

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