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Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP

140203/FO/2024Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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
9
Ward
Deansgate
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications 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.

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
M3 4JP
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2024
Consultation expiry
25 July 2024
Consultation end
25 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
Site notice end
1 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13007024
Documents
57

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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    29 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Imported Soils) attached to Planning Permission 140203/FO/2024

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0725
  2. 2025
    25 Jul

    Re-discharge of Condition 14 (Cobbles/Setts) attached to Planning Permission 140203/FO/2024

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0716
  3. 2024
    5 Jun

    Phased refurbishment of the Upper Yard and Station Approach public realm areas, including temporary…

    This applicationApprovedFull140203/FO/2024

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jan

    Non-material amendment to Planning Permission 143389/FO/2025

    ApprovedNon-material amendment145062/NMC/2026
  2. 2025
    17 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 7 (Steel beam and balustrade) attached to Planning Permission 142818/FO/2025

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/1013
  3. 2025
    17 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Paint and Colour Finish) attached to Listed Building consent 142819/LO/2025

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/1011
  4. 2025
    15 Sep

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 143389/FO/2025

    ApprovedNon-material amendment143978/NMC/2025
  5. 2025
    11 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 3 (CMP), 4 (Drainage), 6 (Bollard Specification), 7 (Cobble and Bollard Interface), 8…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0866
  6. 2025
    7 Jul

    Listed Building Consent for the installation of soft and hard landscaping and the installation of fixed and…

    ApprovedListed building consent143390/LO/2025

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