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Arndale Centre Market Street Manchester M4 3AB

144365/AO/2025Advertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Approved and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1no internally illuminated high level sign, 2no internally illuminated fascia signs and 2no internally illuminated projecting signs

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
Agent
INC Design Associates Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Arndale Centre Market Street Manchester M4 3AB. Manchester has handled 608 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Piccadilly Ward. We hold 261 applications in total for the M4 postcode area.

71% of advertising 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
M4 3AB
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
28 November 2025
Consultation end
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2025
Permission expires
22 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
INC Design Associates Ltd
Architect profile
INC DESIGN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
1 Dudley Court North Waterfront East Level Street Brierley Hill DY5 1XP

Appeal history

6005102
Dismissed
Type: Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 September 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14438322
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 2 Fountain Street (2nd, 3rd and 4th floors)Register site at or near this address · +2 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 (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.

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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© 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
    2 Nov

    Installation of 2no. replacement doors and external cladding.

    ApprovedFull Application ConsentFiled alongside144364/FO/2025
  2. 2025
    27 Oct

    Installation of 1no internally illuminated high level sign, 2no internally illuminated fascia signs and 2no…

    This applicationRefusedAdvertisement consent144365/AO/2025

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