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117 - 119 Portland Street Manchester M1 6ED

139763/FO/2024Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 14 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External alterations comprising alternations to loading bay, main entrance on Portland Street, and refurbishment and inclusion of external louvres associated with the mechanical and electrical system associated with refurbishment of existing offices, change of use of part of the lower ground floor to a gym (Use Class E(d)) and installation of a substation and plant within rear.

Received
19 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 117 - 119 Portland Street Manchester M1 6ED. 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 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 6ED
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2024
Consultation expiry
16 May 2024
Consultation end
14 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2024
Permission expires
14 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Deloitte Real Estate
Agent address
Hanover Building Manchester M4 4AH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 May 2024
Site notice end
16 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12955569
Comments
0
Documents
120

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: 113-119, Portland StreetOn this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 2 Harter Street Manchester M1 6HYRegister site at or near this address · +2 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

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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