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Basement M1 Building 50 Princess Street Manchester M1 6HR

138093/FO/2023Full Application ConsentRefused
Full

Refused on 8 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of frameless glass entrance.

Received
14 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
Agent
Muse Architects
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Basement M1 Building 50 Princess Street Manchester M1 6HR. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Whitworth Street and Princess Street conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Piccadilly Ward. We hold 476 applications in total for the M1 postcode area.

87% of full 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
M1 6HR
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2023
Consultation expiry
24 January 2024
Consultation end
23 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Muse Architects
Architect profile
MUSE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
14 Gerry Wheale Square Manchester M14 4UY

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 January 2023
Site notice end
24 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12450241
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitworth Street and Princess Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: Transact HouseOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: 2 Waterloo StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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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