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1 St James's Square Manchester M2 6DN

143997/FO/2025Full Application ConsentApproved
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Approved on 12 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Elevational alteration to create new external entrance to ground floor unit.

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Agent
Jonathan Davidson Architects
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 St James's Square Manchester M2 6DN. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the St Ann's Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 516 applications in total for the M2 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
M2 6DN
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation end
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 October 2025
Permission expires
12 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jonathan Davidson Architects
Architect profile
JONATHAN DAVIDSON ARCHITECTS LTD.
Agent address
47 Hilton Street Manchester M1 2EF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 October 2025
Site notice end
29 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14305690
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Ann's Square
  • Brownfield land register: 11 St James's Square, John Dalton StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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

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© 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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