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Unit 5 Barton Arcade 48 Barton Square Manchester M3 2BH

144382/LO/2025Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal alterations comprising the installation of a passenger lift, the replacement of stud partitions, removal of extract to rear window, and other associated works.

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Unit 5 Barton Arcade 48 Barton Square Manchester M3 2BH. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the St Ann's Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 797 applications in total for the M3 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
M3 2BH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
12 January 2026
Permission expires
9 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Butler Associates
Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 December 2025
Site notice end
4 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14426436
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

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 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Partition Glazing), 4 (Bench Seating) 5 (Ceilings), 6 (Finishes) and 7 (Windows)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/26/0196
  2. 2025
    29 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for internal alterations comprising the installation of a passenger lift, the…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent144382/LO/2025

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