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Freetrade Exchange 37 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GB

144758/FO/2025Full Application ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1no. roof mounted air conditioning unit.

Received
12 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Freetrade Exchange 37 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GB. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate and Peter Street conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications 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.

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
M2 5GB
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation end
10 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 January 2026
Permission expires
23 January 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 January 2026
Site notice end
12 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14557943
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate and Peter Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: Harvester HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: St Michael's (Bootle Street)Register site at or near this address
  • 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 (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.

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Method Statement) pursuant to Listed Building Consent 144759/LO/2025

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/26/0094
  2. 2025
    17 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Acoustics) attached to Planning Permission 142151/FO/2025

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0889
  3. 2025
    28 Aug

    Variation of condition 2 (approved Dwgs) attached to Listed Building Consent referenced 142152/LO/2025

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)143837/JO/2025
  4. 2025
    28 Aug

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 142151/FO/2025

    ApprovedNon-material amendment143842/NMC/2025
  5. 2024
    3 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3b (acoustic verification), 4b (plant verification), 5 b (fumes verification) and 6b…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/24/0933
  6. 2024
    10 Sep

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for retention of illuminated hand-painted fascia sign.

    ApprovedListed building consent140871/LO/2024

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