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Marlsboro House 52-54 Newton Street Manchester M1 1ED

PLA-2026-000266Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to bar and listening lounge (Sui Generis), recording studios and sound engineering rooms, restaurant, offices (Use Class E), amenity lounge and private event space (Sui Generis); together with external alterations including removal of existing render to all elevations; reinstatement of entrance archway on Newton Street, formation of new entrance archway to rear courtyard; roof alterations including external terraces; installation of covered structure within the rear courtyard to provide seating area associated with restaurant; new external staircase; new bin store; plant; and, associated works.

Submitted
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Piccadilly
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Marlsboro House 52-54 Newton Street Manchester M1 1ED. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Stevenson Square conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Piccadilly. 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 1ED
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2026
Consultation expiry
19 June 2026
Consultation end
19 June 2026
Application expires
22 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14768253
Documents
159

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: Stevenson Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Marlsbro HouseOn or next to 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.

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.

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