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Seventy7 The Old School House Thirsk Street Manchester M12 6FW

145585/FO/2026Full Application ConsentApproved
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Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from former photographic studio (Use Class E) to independent Special Educational Needs (SEN) school (Use Class F1) and associated works (part retrospective).

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Ardwick Ward
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Seventy7 The Old School House Thirsk Street Manchester M12 6FW. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Ardwick Ward. We hold 242 applications in total for the M12 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
M12 6FW
Application type
Full Application Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Iceni Projects
Agent address
WeWork Dalton Place 29 John Dalton Street Manchester M2 6FW

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14713211
Comments
0
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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
    22 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Travel Plan), 9 (Staff Parking) and 10 (Temporary Pedestrian Access Strategy)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsOTH-2026-002083
  2. 2026
    31 Mar

    Change of use from former photographic studio (Use Class E) to independent Special Educational Needs (SEN)…

    This applicationApprovedFull145585/FO/2026

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