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Union T2, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ

PLA-2026-000889Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 November 2026

Council decision: Approve9 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor from flexible commercial space (Use Class E / Sui Generis) to ancillary gymnasium and laundry room for the exclusive use of residents, and reconfiguration of Level 2 to provide residential amenity, marketing suite (Sui Generis) alongside retained workspace (Use Class E), and associated works.

Received
9 September 2026
Ward
Deansgate
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Union T2 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ. Manchester has handled 129 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Castlefield conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 797 applications in total for the M3 postcode area.

74% of full planning permission 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 4JQ
Application type
Full planning permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Jack Naven

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
  • Brownfield land register: St John's Living - Nickel & Dime East Tower and Manchester Goods YardRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    5 Dec

    Creation of an ancillary gymnasium, co-working space, and laundry room for the exclusive use of co-living…

    ApprovedFull Application Consent144699/FO/2025
  2. 2025
    4 Nov

    Non-material amendment to amend condition 39 (BREEAM) attached to planning permission 132952/JO/2022

    ApprovedNon-material amendment144441/NMC/2025
  3. 2025
    23 May

    Discharge of Conditions 17a and 17c (external plant) attached to Planning Permission 132952/JO/2022

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/25/0479
  4. 2025
    17 Mar

    Non-material amendment to amend conditions 17 (External Plant) and 39 (BREEAM) attached to planning…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment142449/NMC/2025
  5. 2024
    5 Jan

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 132952/JO/2022

    ApprovedNon-material amendment138954/NMC/2024

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