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Cathedral Gardens Manchester

143873/VO/2025Regulation 3 ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

City Council Development for temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 73 days.

Received
2 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Deansgate Ward
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Cathedral Gardens Manchester. Manchester has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Cathedral conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward.

86% of all 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

Application type
Regulation 3 Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Consultation end
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2025
Permission expires
4 January 2026

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 October 2025
Site notice end
2 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14295745
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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