John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
Approved on 12 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for replacement of cloister roofs on both the north and south elevations.
- Received
- 21 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH. Manchester has handled 438 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate and Peter Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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 3EH
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 2nd Floor Sligo House 32 - 34 Laystall Street Manchester M1 2JZ
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14491143
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Deansgate and Peter Street
- Listed building: Grade I: John Rylands Library and Attached Railings, Gates and Lamp Standards`On this site
- 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.
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Listed Building Consent for replacement of cloister roofs on both the north and south elevations.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent144597/LO/2025
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202423 Aug
Discharge of condition 3 (Additional Equipment/Works) attached to Listed Building Consent 138859/LO/2023
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/24/0799 - 202417 Apr
Discharge of condition 6 (Construction Management Plan) attached to application ref no 137420/FO/2023
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/24/0309 - 202416 Apr
Variation of condition 3 (archaeology) attached to application ref no 137421/LO/2023
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)139798/JO/2024 - 20249 Jan
Discharge of Condition 3 Part 1 (Further Details) attached to Listed Building Consent appplication referenced…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/24/0008 - 202319 Dec
Listed Building Consent for the installation of Wi-Fi equipment within building.
ApprovedListed building consent138859/LO/2023
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