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1830S Viaduct Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP

140089/LO/2024Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for works to the 1830s Viaduct in association with the phased refurbishment of the Upper Yard and Station Approach public realm areas, including temporary landscaping in the Heart Space, and repairs and making good to the plant room deck and the former vehicle ramp area. Phase 1 includes works to Upper Yard areas including: new accessible routes; new planters; new fixed furniture; re-surfacing including with new materials; repair and relaying of existing cobbles; works to underground services to accommodate the scheme, building repairs and associated works. Phase 2 includes works to Station Approach areas including: new accessible routes; new planting areas; new fixed furniture; re-surfacing including with new materials; works to underground services to accommodate the scheme, building repairs and associated works. Phase 3 includes temporary re-surfacing works in the Heart space. Phase 4 includes repairs and making good works to the hard landscaping beneath and the viaduct facade adjacent to the location of the former vehicle ramp.

Received
5 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Deansgate
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 1830S Viaduct Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 239 applications across Deansgate. We hold 795 applications in total for the M3 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
M3 4JP
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2024
Consultation expiry
2 July 2024
Consultation end
1 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2024
Application expires
31 July 2024
Permission expires
31 July 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13051890
Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    28 May

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Cobbles/Setts) attached to Listed Building Consent 140089/LO/2024

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0484
  2. 2024
    5 Jun

    Listed Building Consent for works to the 1830s Viaduct in association with the phased refurbishment of the…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent140089/LO/2024

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