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Arch 122 Woollam Place Manchester M3 4JJ

PLA-2026-000046Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 August 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to create Use Class E together with external alterations including installation of louvre.

Submitted
29 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deansgate
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Arch 122 Woollam Place Manchester M3 4JJ. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
M3 4JJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2026
Consultation expiry
19 June 2026
Consultation end
19 June 2026
Application expires
24 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14827662
Documents
18

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 May

    Change of use to create Use Class E together with external alterations including installation of louvre.

    This applicationApprovedFullPLA-2026-000046
  2. 2026
    27 May

    Listed Building Consent for installation of louvre to rear elevation.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePLA-2026-000405

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