31 Princess Street Manchester M2 4EW
Withdrawn on 6 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for installation of 1no non-illuminated projecting sign.
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 31 Princess Street Manchester M2 4EW. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 49 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Albert Square conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
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
- M2 4EW
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 6 January 2029
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 December 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Albert Square
- 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, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202518 Nov
Installation of 1no non-illuminated projecting sign
WithdrawnAdvertisement consentFiled alongside143984/AO/2025 - 202518 Nov
Listed Building Consent for installation of 1no non-illuminated projecting sign.
This applicationWithdrawnListed building consent144005/LO/2025
Source: Manchester
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