Sainsbury's Heaton Retail Park Heaton Park Road Manchester M9 0QS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior approval for the installation of flat roof-mounted solar PV installation at Sainsbury's Heaton Park, 648 modules are designed for the system, each panel is rated at 455W, totalling a system size of 294.84kW Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Manchester
- Application type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J
- Postcode
- M9 0QS
- Received
- 15 May 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Ward
- Higher Blackley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Cameron Sanders
How this decision compares
Decided in 45 days from validation, 11 days faster than Manchester's median of 56 for commercial premises. Approved, as 83% of commercial premises here are.
Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Manchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Manchester decision record →
Public comments
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Last counted 24 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 25 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Manchester ranks #146 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
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