Fourth Floor Bridgewater House 58 - 60 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LT
Approved on 2 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of part of the fourth floor to educational use (Class F1).
- Received
- 29 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Piccadilly Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Jan
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Fourth Floor Bridgewater House 58 - 60 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LT. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitworth Street and Princess Street conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Piccadilly Ward. 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 6LT
- Application type
- Full Application Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Friday Project
- Agent address
- 31 Temple Drive Salford Manchester M27 4EA
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14620601
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitworth Street and Princess Street
- 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.
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