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Power Hall Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP

145064/JO/2026Variation or Removal of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 (Specified Drawings and Documents) and 3 (Bollard Specification) attached to Listed Building Consent 143391/LO/2025, to reposition the fixed and automated bollards, and planters, due to uncovering of buried gas main in the originally approved location.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Agent
Buttress Architects Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Power Hall Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP. Manchester has handled 2,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Deansgate Ward. We hold 795 applications in total for the M3 postcode area.

82% of conditions 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 4JP
Application type
Variation or Removal of Condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Buttress Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BUTTRESS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
41 Bengal Street Manchester M4 6AF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 March 2026
Site notice end
24 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14661772
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Castlefield
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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
    29 Jan

    Variation of Conditions 2 (Specified Drawings and Documents) and 3 (Bollard Specification) attached to Listed…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)145064/JO/2026
  2. 2025
    11 Sep

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Bollard Specification), 4 (Cobble and Bollard Interface), 5 (Timber Tiered…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0869
  3. 2025
    7 Jul

    Installation of hard and soft landscaping and the installation of fixed and automated bollards

    ApprovedFull Application ConsentFiled alongside143389/FO/2025
  4. 2025
    7 Jul

    Listed Building Consent for the installation of soft and hard landscaping and the installation of fixed and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside143390/LO/2025
  5. 2025
    7 Jul

    Listed Building Consent for the installation of soft and hard landscaping and the installation of fixed and…

    ApprovedListed building consentPart of143391/LO/2025

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