53 Portland Street Manchester M1 3LD
Approved on 12 August 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of the sixteenth floor from education use (Use Class F1a) to office use (Use Class E).
- Received
- 3 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Piccadilly Ward
- Agent
- Deloitte LLP
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Jul
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 53 Portland Street Manchester M1 3LD. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3LD
- Application type
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 August 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Deloitte LLP
- Agent address
- 100 Embankment Cathedral Approach Manchester M3 7FB
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 6 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14103373
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Floors 1-4, 36 Charlotte Street, M1 4FDRegister 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Mar
External refurbishment of Manchester One building, together with erection of 4-storey front extension (Use…
PendingFull planning permission145176/FO/2026 - 200826 Feb
Use of vacant unit as Class A2 (Financial and Professional Services) and B1(Buisness) and alterations to…
ApprovedChange of use Consent085217/FU/2007/C2 - 20073 Apr
Installation of 1 x 0.3 metre radio antenna onto existing steelwork
ApprovedFull Application Consent082270/FO/2007/C2
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