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5-7 Cheapside Manchester M2 4WG

082009/FU/2007/C1Change of use ConsentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 August 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to use class A2 (financial and professional services) with basement storage

Received
26 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5-7 Cheapside Manchester M2 4WG. Manchester has handled 514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Upper King Street conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 516 applications in total for the M2 postcode area.

85% of amendment applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M2 4WG
Application type
Change of use Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2007
Consultation expiry
31 July 2007
Consultation start
3 July 2007
Consultation end
24 July 2007
Neighbour consultation start
3 July 2007
Neighbour consultation end
24 July 2007
Target decision date
21 August 2007
Permission expires
29 August 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
79 Mosely Street Manchester M2 3LQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 July 2007
Advertisement expiry
31 July 2007
Site notice start
10 July 2007
Site notice end
31 July 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Upper King Street
  • Brownfield land register: 5 -7, 9-11, And 15-17 Chapel WalksRegister 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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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