John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
Approved on 26 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Protection Methodology), 4 (Scaffolding methodology and specification) and 5 (Materials) attached to Listed Building Consent 144597/LO/2025.
- Received
- 2 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation9 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH. Manchester has handled 2,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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 239 applications across Deansgate. We hold 797 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 3EH
- Application type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 May 2026
- Application expires
- 28 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 2nd Floor Sligo House 32 - 34 Laystall Street Manchester M1 2JZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 May 2026
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.
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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Associated applications
- 202621 Sep
Discharge of Conditions 1 (3 Year Limit), 2 (Specified Plans), 6 (Leadwork), 7 (Internal Repair Works) and 8…
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This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/26/0317 - 202521 Nov
Listed Building Consent for replacement of cloister roofs on both the north and south elevations.
ApprovedListed building consentPart of144597/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
Source: Manchester
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