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1 Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG

144522/FO/2025Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2026

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of new rooftop pavilion, external terrace and lift access, and enclosure of ground level walkway to create new internal floorspace with associated elevational alterations and the introduction of PV panels to the roof.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Piccadilly
Agent
Savills (UK) Limited
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Piccadilly. We hold 476 applications in total for the M1 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
M1 1RG
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation end
26 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2026
Application expires
29 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills (UK) Limited
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
161 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 May 2026
Site notice end
28 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14468474
Comments
0
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stevenson SquarePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Peel StatueOn this site · +4 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, 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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Sep

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (Roof Landscaping), 10 (Bat and Bird Boxes), 11 (PV Details) and 12 (Highway Works)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsOTH-2026-001597
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Creation of new rooftop pavilion, external terrace and lift access, and enclosure of ground level walkway to…

    This applicationApprovedFull144522/FO/2025

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